CDLKICKINGBYLENGTH

Summary

A two-candle pattern of two opposite-color marubozu (long body, very short shadows on both ends) separated by a gap. A strong directional/reversal signal whose bull/bear bias is set by the longer of the two marubozu. A hit signals a strong directional move; +100 bullish / -100 bearish per the color of the longer marubozu.

Inputs

inOpen — Open price of each bar
inHigh — High price of each bar
inLow — Low price of each bar
inClose — Close price of each bar

Outputs

outInteger — +100 or -100 on a hit, 0 otherwise. Sign = candlecolor of the candle with the larger realbody (i if realbody(i) > realbody(i-1), else i-1; tie goes to i-1): +100 if that marubozu is white, -100 if black

Properties

Numerical Stability: Start-Independent

Display Flags
☐ Overlap Input
✅ Independent Y-Axis i
✅ Candlestick i

Implementation

TA-Lib Definition: cdlkickingbylength.c · cdlkickingbylength.yaml

Native	File
C	`ta_CDLKICKINGBYLENGTH.c`
Rust	`cdlkickingbylength.rs`
Java	`Core_CDLKICKINGBYLENGTH.java`

TA-Lib is also available for Python, R and more using a wrapper.

Aliases

Kicking by Length, Kicking - bull/bear decided by the longer marubozu