CDLSPINNINGTOP

Summary

Single-candle pattern: a small real body with both an upper and a lower shadow longer than the body. Signals indecision; the code does not classify it as bullish or bearish. A hit marks indecision (small body, both shadows long); the sign only reports candle color, not direction.

Formula

One candle where: upper shadow > real body AND lower shadow > real body AND real body < the BodyShort average. The BodyShort average is the factor-scaled mean body over the prior avgPeriod candles.

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 when the candle is white (close>=open), -100 when black (close<open), 0 when no pattern. Sign is candle color, NOT bullish/bearish

Properties

Numerical Stability: Start-Independent

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

Implementation

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

Native	File
C	`ta_CDLSPINNINGTOP.c`
Rust	`cdlspinningtop.rs`
Java	`Core_CDLSPINNINGTOP.java`

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

Aliases

Spinning Top