CDLMARUBOZU
Summary
Single candle with a long real body and no/very-short upper and lower shadows, so open and close sit at the range extremes. Bullish (white) or bearish (black) reversal/strength signal per the body color. +100 = white marubozu (strong buying pressure); -100 = black marubozu (strong selling pressure).
Formula
One candle at i. Match when: realbody(i) > BodyLong average AND upperShadow(i) < ShadowVeryShort average AND lowerShadow(i) < ShadowVeryShort average. If matched emit candlecolor(i)*100 (+100 white when close>=open, -100 black when close<open); else 0.
Inputs
inPriceOHLC— Open, High, Low, Close price series
Outputs
outInteger— +100 on a white (bullish) marubozu, -100 on a black (bearish) marubozu, 0 when no pattern. Sign follows the candle color
Implementation
TA-Lib Definition: cdlmarubozu.c · cdlmarubozu.yaml
| Native | File |
|---|---|
| C | ta_CDLMARUBOZU.c |
| Rust | cdlmarubozu.rs |
| Java | Core.java |
TA-Lib is also available for Python, R and more using a wrapper.
Aliases
Marubozu, Shaven Head/Bottom