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CDLPIERCING

Summary

Two-candle pattern: a long black candle followed by a long white candle that opens below the prior low and closes back above the midpoint of the prior black body. Bullish reversal signal. A hit (+100) is a bullish reversal signal.

Notes

  • A prior downtrend is not verified.

Inputs

  • inPriceOHLC — OHLC price series (open, high, low, close)

Outputs

  • outInteger — +100 when the piercing pattern is detected; 0 otherwise. Always bullish, never emits -100

Implementation

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

Native File
C ta_CDLPIERCING.c
Rust cdlpiercing.rs
Java Core.java

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

Aliases

Piercing Pattern, Piercing Line

See Also

CDLDARKCLOUDCOVER · CDLENGULFING · CDLMORNINGSTAR