Before the signal
A prior rise is required. Wicks are not used to decide whether the bodies engulf.
Bearish Engulfing Candlestick Pattern
Understand the bearish engulfing definition after a rise, inspect the two-candle formation, and compare available historical observations.
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What it looks like
Bearish engulfing
Two closed candles after a rise: a bullish candle followed by a bearish candle whose body completely covers the first body.
The second candle must close with its body fully engulfing the first body.
Exact machine rule
After a bullish candle, the next bearish real body fully covers the previous real body.
A prior rise is required. Wicks are not used to decide whether the bodies engulf.
Optional practice
Check your recognition
Select the chart where the formation is already complete.
Try it
A dotted candle is still forming; a solid candle is closed. Only one chart contains a completed signal.
The exercise checks recognition. Historical outcomes are calculated separately and do not promise a price move.Three features of Bearish engulfing
Signal and boundary
After a bullish candle, the next bearish real body fully covers the previous real body.
Completion
The second candle must close with its body fully engulfing the first body.
Similar formations and limits of one example
An outside bar compares the full high-low range, while engulfing compares real bodies. The shape identifies an event to research. It does not predict the next move or provide a trading signal by itself.
One formation does not establish the probability of a move. The historical comparison measures outcomes against a comparable background for each configuration.
Exact machine rule and definition version
After a bullish candle, the next bearish real body fully covers the previous real body.
Required context: A prior rise is required. Wicks are not used to decide whether the bodies engulf.
Completion: The second candle must close with its body fully engulfing the first body.
Definition version 2.1.0 · canonical definition.
Published research at a glance
Stored publication UTC · pattern-data-v21 · methodology research-v21-session-calendar-signed-bh-plan-v1.
Latest stored candle date in the curated family table: Nov 9, 2026 UTC.
The curated family table covers 229 core and 186 additional extended configurations. These are configuration counts; the own-result registry is separate. The study compares movement after a completed signal with a matched background at the same horizon.
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Further reading
These related TLAP materials for “Bearish engulfing” are in Russian. Their examples do not replace the historical calculation above.