The Gravestone Doji (Gravestone Doji) forms when open, close and low sit at almost the same level, with a long upper shadow stretching up. Its shape is an inverted T or a gravestone. It appears at the tops of uptrends and at major resistance levels.
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PATTERN ID
SignalBearish ▼
Reliability★★★★☆
Win Rate63%
Expected move-4–9%
TimeframeDaily / weekly
ConfirmationRequired
The short answer
What is a Gravestone Doji candle?
The Gravestone Doji (Gravestone Doji) forms when open, close and low sit at almost the same level, with a long upper shadow stretching up. Its shape is an inverted T or a gravestone. It appears at the tops of uptrends and at major resistance levels.
How do you recognize a Gravestone Doji candle?
Open and close at or near the session low, a long upper shadow (2× the average candle range or more), and no lower shadow or a very small one. That is the definition.
Is the Gravestone Doji candle a bullish or bearish signal?
A bearish reversal pattern made of a single candle. Confirmation: required. Its reference success rate is 63%. You can see it on live daily candles for any symbol in the members' technical terminal. Open the technical terminal →
Pattern illustration
Bulls rushed higher: sellers took everything back by the end of the session
How to identify the pattern
Step-by-step checks
Open and close at or near the session low
Long upper shadow (2× the average candle range or more)
No lower shadow or a very small one. That is the definition
Appears after an uptrend or at clear resistance
Body color does not matter: the shadow structure is the signal
Trading psychology
The power struggle between buyers and sellers
At the open, the bulls push price up hard (the upper shadow shows how far they got). By the end of the session the sellers take over completely and bring price back near the open. It is a dramatic failed attempt by the bulls and a loud warning that bullish momentum has collapsed and sellers are in control.
Outlook and confirmation
Entry conditions and expected price move
Needs confirmation in the next session
When confirmed near resistance: a 63% success rate for a downside follow-through of -4–9% over 5–12 days. Strongest with RSI above 70 and falling volume through the rally.
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 Gravestone is a doji with one long upper shadow: open and close level at the bottom of the range after a failed push higher. At the top of a rally it is one of the clearest rejection messages. Buyers reached their limit and were sent back to zero. After a later bearish confirmation, a trader might exit or sell with a stop above the top of the shadow, since that rejected peak is the limit of the thesis.
Common mistake
It trades in mid-range: a Gravestone with no extended rally before it is just an ordinary choppy session. It is also confused with the shooting star. The difference is that the shooting star has a small body and the Gravestone almost none, and the second carries more weight because sellers pushed back the attack down to the last cent. Like any single-candle pattern, without confirmation it is a possibility, not a decision.
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