How do you spot a Bearish Harami candle (Pregnant Woman)?

Appears at the top of an uptrend. Candle 1: a large bullish candle (the mother). Candle 2: a bearish candle whose whole body sits inside the body of candle 1.

Is the Bearish Harami candle (Pregnant Woman) bullish or bearish?

A bearish reversal pattern made of two candles. Confirmation: required. Its reference success rate is 53%. You can see it on live daily candles for any symbol in the members' technical terminal.

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Bearish Harami, or Pregnant Woman

Bearish Harami

Bearish Harami (Bearish Harami) is the bearish counterpart of Bullish Harami. A small bearish candle whose whole body sits inside the body of the previous large bullish candle. It points to fading uptrend momentum, but it needs confirmation before entry.

PATTERN ID

Signal Bearish ▼

Reliability ★★☆☆☆

Win Rate 53%

Expected move -2–6%

Timeframe Daily

Confirmation Required

The short answer

What is a Bearish Harami candle (Pregnant Woman)?: Bearish Harami (Bearish Harami) is the bearish counterpart of Bullish Harami. A small bearish candle whose whole body sits inside the body of the previous large bullish candle.
How do you spot a Bearish Harami candle (Pregnant Woman)?: Appears at the top of an uptrend. Candle 1: a large bullish candle (the mother). Candle 2: a bearish candle whose whole body sits inside the body of candle 1.
Is the Bearish Harami candle (Pregnant Woman) bullish or bearish?: A bearish reversal pattern made of two candles. Confirmation: required. Its reference success rate is 53%. You can see it on live daily candles for any symbol in the members' technical terminal. Open the technical terminal →

Pattern illustration

A small red body contained entirely inside a large bullish body

How to identify the pattern

Step-by-step checks

Appears at the top of an uptrend
Candle 1: a large bullish candle (the mother)
Candle 2: a bearish candle whose whole body sits inside the body of candle 1
The smaller candle 2 is, the stronger the pattern; ideally ≤25% of the size of candle 1
Wait for a third bearish candle that closes below the harami's low before entering

Trading psychology

The power struggle between buyers and sellers

After a strong buying session, the next day's range collapses; the bulls could not push noticeably higher. This stall at high levels shows buying pressure drying up. It is a warning, not a direct trading signal.

Outlook and confirmation

Entry conditions and expected price move

Needs confirmation in the next session

53% on its own: treat it as an alert, not an entry signal. Stronger with RSI overbought, falling volume and major resistance. See "Bearish Three Inside Down" for the confirmed version.

Ideal setting for the pattern

Overbought + resistance

Recommended timeframe: daily

Where to find it on the platform

Session summary · Today's lesson for members
After each session closes, we classify the daily candle of SPY by its shape. When it takes this shape, its name appears there along with its body and shadow ratios.
Technical terminal for members
Shows the daily-timeframe candles for any symbol on the platform's list. You identify the pattern by eye: the terminal does not name it.

How it is traded in practice

The Bearish Harami is a suspicious calm at the top of a rise: a wide green candle, then a small red one contained inside its body. The buying momentum that was eating through ranges has stopped at its limit. It is a warning of fatigue, not a reversal verdict. Use it to manage a winning position: tighten the stop and take partial profit when it appears. Do not short against the trend unless a third candle closes below the small candle's low, with a stop above the large candle's high.

Common mistake

Flipping positions on every Bearish Harami in a strong uptrend: most versions there are pauses the trend swallows within two days. And treating it without looking at volume. A shrinking body with shrinking volume is a natural pause, but a shrinking body with huge volume is silent distribution behind a calm front. The second is the version worth being wary of.