Three Inside Down (Three Inside Down): the bearish counterpart of Three Inside Up. It starts with a large bullish candle, followed by a small bearish candle contained inside the first body (Bearish Harami), then a third bearish candle that closes below the first candle's open.
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PATTERN ID
SignalBearish ▼
Reliability★★★★☆
Win Rate65%
Expected move-4–9%
TimeframeDaily
ConfirmationBuilt in: candle 3
The short answer
What is a Three Inside Down candle?
Three Inside Down (Three Inside Down): the bearish counterpart of Three Inside Up. It starts with a large bullish candle, followed by a small bearish candle contained inside the first body (Bearish Harami), then a third bearish candle that closes below the first candle's open.
How do you spot a Three Inside Down candle?
Appears at the top of an uptrend. Candle 1: large bullish. Candle 2: small bearish, contained inside candle 1 (Bearish Harami).
Is a Three Inside Down candle bullish or bearish?
It is a bearish reversal pattern made of 3 candles, and its confirmation is built in: candle 3. Its reference success rate is 65%. You can see it on live daily candles for any symbol in the members' technical terminal. Open the technical terminal →
Pattern illustration
The 3 candle closes below the open of the 1 candle: a confirmed bearish reversal
How to identify the pattern
Step-by-step checks
Appears at the top of an uptrend
Candle 1: large bullish
Candle 2: small bearish, contained inside candle 1 (Bearish Harami)
Candle 3: bearish, closing below candle 1's open (or below its low)
Volume ideally rises on candle 3, with the stop above the high of candle 1
Trading psychology
The power struggle between buyers and sellers
A strong bullish candle, then a loss of momentum (candle 2), then candle 3 gives decisive confirmation by closing below the whole range of candle 1. The bulls rose hard and stalled, then the bears took over the entire previous range.
Outlook and confirmation
Entry conditions and expected price move
Confirmation is built in: the confirming candle is part of the pattern
More reliable than a single Bearish Harami. 65% at resistance with RSI overbought. Candle 3 closing below candle 1's open is the built-in confirmation.
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