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

inPriceOHLC — Open, High, Low, Close price series

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

Implementation

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

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

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

Aliases

Spinning Top