How to Read an Evening Star Pattern
The bearish mirror of a morning star -- rally, pause, sharp reversal, appearing at the top of an uptrend.
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3-candle pattern · Bearish reversal
An evening star is the mirror image of a morning star: a bullish candle, a small gapping-up star candle, then a bearish candle that closes back into the first candle’s body. It marks the same decline-pause-recovery shape as a morning star, just inverted at the top of an uptrend.
As with a morning star, the middle star candle is the pivot — it shows the rally stalling before the third candle confirms sellers have taken over. The further the third candle closes back into the first candle’s body, the more decisive the reversal is generally considered.
Related patterns
- How to Read a Morning Star Pattern
- How to Read an Evening Doji Star
- How to Read a Three Inside Down Pattern
- How to Read a Bearish Engulfing Pattern
This article is educational only and isn’t a recommendation to trade any particular instrument or pattern — no candlestick pattern works in isolation. See the full candlestick guide for how patterns like this one fit into a broader approach.