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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

  • inPriceOHLC — Open, High, Low, Close price series

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

Implementation

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

Native File
C ta_CDLKICKINGBYLENGTH.c
Rust cdlkickingbylength.rs
Java Core.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

See Also

CDLKICKING · CDLMARUBOZU · CDLGAPSIDESIDEWHITE