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In other words, the buyers are now involved.
A bearish engulfing pattern occurs at the end of an uptrend, it is a top
trend reversal indicator, it shows that the bulls are no more in control
of the market, and the price trend is likely to reverse.
See the illustrations below:
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According to Steve Nison, the father of modern candlestick charting,
this candle must meet three important criteria to be considered as a
reversal pattern:
1-The market is in a clearly definable uptrend or downtrend
2-The engulfing candle comprises of two candlesticks, and the first
body is entirely engulfed by the second one.
3- The second real body is the opposite of the first real body.
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How to trade the engulfing bar price action signals?
To trade profitably this chart candlestick pattern, you need to respect
three important elements:
1-The trend:
If you look at any chart, you will notice that there are times where the
market is moving clearly in one direction, and times where it is moving
sideways.
To be honest, trading the engulfing bar pattern with the trend is the
easiest way to make money in the market.
You don’t need to be highly knowledgeable about technical analysis to
determine wither the market is trending or not.
Make it stupid simple, if the market is making series of higher highs
and higher lows it is about an uptrend market, and if it is making series
of lower highs and lower lows it is simply about a downtrend market.
The illustration above shows a clear uptrend, you don’t need to use an
indicator to determine whether the market is trending or not, just look
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