The Bullish Harami is a two-candle pattern: a large bearish candle followed by a small bullish candle whose whole body sits inside the body of the first. "Harami" is Japanese for "pregnant": the small candle inside the big one is like a baby in its mother's womb.
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PATTERN ID
SignalBullish ▲
Reliability★★☆☆☆
Win Rate53%
Expected move+2–6%
TimeframeDaily
ConfirmationRequired
The short answer
What is a Bullish Harami candle?
The Bullish Harami (Bullish Harami) is a two-candle pattern: a large bearish candle followed by a small bullish candle whose whole body sits inside the body of the first. "Harami" is Japanese for "pregnant": the small candle inside the big one is like a baby in its mother's womb.
How do you spot a Bullish Harami candle?
Appears at the bottom of a downtrend. Candle 1: a large bearish candle (the mother). Candle 2: its whole body sits inside the body of candle 1 (the shadows may extend outside it).
Is the Bullish Harami candle a bullish or bearish signal?
A bullish reversal pattern made of two candles. Confirmation: required. Reference success rate: 53%. See it on live daily candles for any symbol in the members' technical terminal. Open the technical terminal →
Pattern illustration
A small green body contained entirely inside a large bearish body
How to identify the pattern
Step-by-step checks
Appears at the bottom of a downtrend
Candle 1: a large bearish candle (the mother)
Candle 2: its whole body sits inside the body of candle 1 (the shadows may extend outside it)
The smaller candle 2 is, the stronger the pattern; ideally ≤25% of the size of candle 1
Treat it as a warning, not a trade trigger. Confirmation is needed
Trading psychology
The power struggle between buyers and sellers
After a strong selling session, the next day's range collapses. Sellers couldn't push much lower and buyers closed slightly higher. This pause inside the previous candle's range points to hesitation and possible trend exhaustion. It is a pause, not a reversal, and confirmation is necessary.
Outlook and confirmation
Entry conditions and expected price move
Needs confirmation in the next session
53% on its own: the weakest of the two-candle reversals. Wait for a third bullish candle that closes above the Harami high before entering. See "Bullish Three Inside Up" for the confirmed version.
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.
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 Bullish Harami is a contraction after a storm: a large red candle in an extended decline, then a small green candle whose whole body sits inside the first candle's body. The containment says the heavy selling suddenly stopped, the first calm after a slide. It is the weakest of its family, so confirmation is mandatory: a third close above the small candle's high is the green light, the stop goes below the large candle's low, and the target is modest, at the first resistance.
Common mistake
Entering on the small candle itself: containment is a pause, not a reversal, and half of these cases resume the drop after the rest. The third candle is the decider. Also avoid confusing a true harami (body inside body) with a small candle whose shadows stay outside the range: being strict about containment protects the pattern's record.
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