The Inverted Hammer (Inverted Hammer) is a single-candle pattern at the bottom of a downtrend. Small body in the lower part, a long upper shadow (2× the body or more), and almost no lower shadow. It is the mirror image of the Shooting Star, but in a downtrend context (a bottom). Don't confuse it with the Shooting Star, which appears at a top.
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PATTERN ID
SignalBullish ▲
Reliability★★★☆☆
Win Rate57%
Expected move+2–7%
TimeframeDaily / 4 hours
ConfirmationRequired
The short answer
What is an Inverted Hammer candle?
The Inverted Hammer (Inverted Hammer) is a single-candle pattern at the bottom of a downtrend. Small body in the lower part, a long upper shadow (2× the body or more), and almost no lower shadow. It is the mirror image of the Shooting Star, but in a downtrend context (a bottom).
How do you recognize an Inverted Hammer candle?
Appears after a clear downtrend (3 sessions or more), the upper shadow is at least 2–3× the body, and the body sits in the lower part of the candle's range.
Is the Inverted Hammer candle bullish or bearish?
It belongs to the bullish reversal patterns, is made of a single candle, and confirmation is required. Its reference success rate is 57%. Did it show up in the last session? The list of symbols that formed it on the latest completed daily candle is on this page, and it updates after every close. Which symbols formed it? →
Pattern illustration
A small body at the bottom + a long upper shadow that probes higher
How to identify the pattern
Step-by-step checks
Appears after a clear downtrend (3 sessions or more)
The upper shadow is at least 2–3× the body
The body is in the lower part of the candle's range
No lower shadow, or a very small one
Needs bullish confirmation in the next session; without it, disregard it
Trading psychology
The power struggle between buyers and sellers
Buyers try to push the price sharply higher (the upper shadow) but sellers turn them back, and the price returns near the open. Still, the attempt shows buyers are testing the level with real aggression. A bullish confirmation the next day firms up the signal.
Outlook and confirmation
Entry conditions and expected price move
Needs confirmation in the next session
Low confidence on its own: confirmation is needed. When confirmed, expect +2–7% over 5–10 days. Reliability rises noticeably when the pattern appears at a support level that has been touched several times.
Ideal setting for the pattern
At several support levels
Typical timeframe: daily / 4 hours
Where to find it on the platform
Inverted Hammer on the last completed daily candle
Candle of 13 Oct 2026 · list updated 13 Oct 2026 23:10 UTC
This pattern did not appear on any symbol in the platform's list on the 13 October 2026 candle.
The detector computes the success rate of the "Shooting Star" shape with no context, which is this pattern's own shape. The last-candle list separates the two by the direction of the previous 5 sessions.
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
An inverted hammer at the bottom of a decline. The long upper shadow shows buyers pushed up, even though they were turned back by the end of the session. The pattern is weaker than the regular Hammer by nature, so confirmation matters more: no entry until a later close above the top of the upper shadow, which shows yesterday's push was not a whim. The stop goes below the pattern's low, and high volume on the confirmation candle matters more here than its own volume.
Common mistake
Mixing it up with the Shooting Star: same shape, opposite location. At the bottom of a decline it is a possible bullish reversal; at the top of a rise it is a bearish Shooting Star. Memorize the shape without the location and you trade both patterns backwards. Entering without confirmation is riskier here than with any other pattern, because unconfirmed versions fail more often than they work.
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