Evening Doji Star Candlestick Pattern

What are evening doji star candlestick pattern ?

It is a reversal candlestick pattern which is bearish in nature and appears at the end of an up trend. It is a complex pattern made of three candlelines. The first candle is bullish in nature, the second is indecisive in nature and third candle is bearish in nature.


It is so named because just like the planet Venus, which appears just before the sun set, this pattern appears just before price fall, and it contains a doji.

How Evening Doji Star Candlestick Pattern are formed?

Evening Doji Star Candlestick Pattern is formed by the combination of three candlesticks. The first one is a rising white candle, the second is a confusion doji candlestick and the third is a reversal bearish black candlestick.


The market is in an up trend. The price opens at almost low of the day and as usual the buyers continue to buy. At the end of the session the price closes almost at the top for the time period. This results in the formation of bullish white candle, which is the first candle of the Evening Star Candlestick Pattern.

On the next day or next time period the price opens above the high of the real body of the previous bullish candlestick. Buyers are making new long trades. Those who are already long in the market are also adding to their position. But the smart money wants to unload and starts distributing shares to these ignorant buyers. As the supply increases the momentum of rise decreases. Distribution is slow but firm. At the end of the session prices closes at the opening. This results in a doji, which is the second candlestick of this Evening Doji Star Candlestick Pattern.

Next day is the decision day. Bears are aggressive. The price opens below the open/close or mini real body of the previous doji candlestick. Through out the session the sellers keep selling. Tremendous increase in the supply over the demand drives the prices low. As the new buyers are all in loss, they also start to sell their positions to minimize their losses. Sensing the change in the trend, the old position holders starts booking profits in their long positions. As the bears continue to increase their short position, the price falls further and at the end of the session the price closes well below the open price resulting in a bearish tall black body of the third candlestick of this Evening Doji Star Candlestick Pattern.

Evening Star Candlestick Pattern is a major bearish reversal candlestick pattern. They occur at the top of an up trend.



Study the chart given below.



What is the significance of Evening Doji Star Candlestick Pattern?

It is obvious that the sellers are taking over the control of the market. It signifies that the top reversal has occurred. The third candlestick confirms the top reversal.

The first one is a white candle, which signifies the ongoing up trend.

On the next day, though the stock opens above the high of the previous day's real body, the supply increases or the demand decreases, so that the momentum of the rising market decreases. The stock closes at the opening, but above the close of the previous day. This creates doji candlestick. It signifies indecision.

On the third day, with the bears dominating, the market opens below the real body of the second day, falls down and closes low to create a long black candle.

This is a clear indication of the bearish reversal of the market.

Sometime the gap up opening of the second candlestick or the gap down opening of the third candlestick may not be obvious.

The significance of this Evening Doji Star Candlestick Pattern increases if the third day's opening is above a resistance area and the close is below the resistance area. If the third candle is a black marubozu or with a shaven head or shaven bottom, it speaks of the more bearishness of the market. Its importance is even more if it is accompanied by increased volume.

If you are holding a long position, Evening Doji Star Pattern should alert you to take action the next day. One can cover her long position below the low of the third day's black candle.

A short trade can be initiated below the low of the third day's black candle. Place a buy on stop order above the high of the pattern to limit your loss, in case the up trend continues to go up.

Sometime first day's real body can be black, if it is a very small body. First day can also be a doji.

Counter part of this pattern in a candle chart is Morning Doji Star.

The second day candle may be a black or white spinning top candle with a small real body, which results in Evening Star Candlestick Pattern.

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