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In the chart above, you can see how the trend direction changes after
the Harami pattern formation, the first bullish harami pattern
occurred at the bottom of a downtrend, sellers were pushing the
market lower, suddenly price starts consolidating, and this indicates
that the selling power is no longer in control of the market.
The bearish Harami is the opposite of the bullish, this one occurred at
the top of an uptrend indicating that buyer’s domination is over and
the beginning of a downtrend is possible.
When this pattern is created during an uptrend or a downtrend, it
indicates a continuation signal with the direction of the market.
We will study in details how to trade this pattern either as a reversal
pattern or as a continuation pattern in the next chapters.
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The Tweezers tops and bottoms
The tweezers top formation is considered as a bearish reversal pattern
seen at the top of an uptrend, and the tweezers bottom formation is
interpreted as a bullish reversal pattern seen at the bottom of a
downtrend.
See the example below:
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The tweezers top formation consists of two candlesticks:
The first one is a bullish candlestick followed by a bearish candlestick.
And the tweezers bottom formation consists of two candlesticks as
well.
The first candle is bearish followed by a bullish candlestick.
So we can say that the tweezers bottom is the bullish version of the
tweezers top.
The tweezers top occurs during an uptrend when buyers push the price
higher, this gave us the impression that the market is still going up, but
sellers surprised buyers by pushing the market lower and close down
the open of the bullish candle.
This price action pattern indicates a bullish trend reversal and we can
trade it if we can combine this signal with other technical tools.
The tweezers bottom happens during a downtrend, when sellers push
the market lower, we feel that everything is going all right, but the next
session price closes above or roughly at the same price of the first
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