Stalled Pattern (CDLSTALLEDPATTERN)

Summary

A three-candle pattern of three white candles with consecutively higher closes where the third loses momentum (a small body riding on the shoulder of the second's long body). It is a bearish reversal signal of a stalling advance. A hit (-100) is bearish: the uptrend is stalling and may reverse.

Notes

The pattern classically appears in an uptrend, but this function does not verify a prior uptrend; the caller must confirm it.
Bulkowski's testing shows this classically-bearish pattern actually acts as a bullish continuation 77% of the time — the reverse of the label — because price tends to close above the pattern's top rather than turning down. (thepatternsite.com)

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 pattern is detected (always bearish), 0 otherwise. Never emits +100

Output Values

Value	Meaning
-100	Stalled Pattern detected: bearish
0	No pattern

Properties

Numerical Stability: Start-Independent


☐ Overlap Input
✅ Independent Y-Axis i
✅ Candlestick i
☐ Can Output NaN or ±Inf
☐ Identity at Period 1

Implementation

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

Native	File
C	`ta_CDLSTALLEDPATTERN.c`
Rust	`cdlstalledpattern.rs`
Java	`Core_CDLSTALLEDPATTERN.java`

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

Aliases

Stalled Pattern, Deliberation Pattern