• Hanging Man

  • Type: Reversal
  • Relevance: Bearish
  • Prior Trend: Bullish
  • Reliability: Low
  • # of Sticks: 1

Definition:

This pattern is characterized by a gap up with a long up shadow that retrenches into the prior candle and a small body that can either be up or down but closes above the prior candle’s close.

 

Opposite: Inverted Hammer