Before the signal
The candle is read after a decline; the long lower wick shows rejection below the body.
Pin Bar: Bullish and Bearish Patterns
Learn how bullish and bearish pin bars are defined, inspect a clear chart guide, and explore published historical results by market and timeframe.
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What it looks like
Bullish pin bar
One closed candle after a decline: price was pushed lower, then recovered near the top of its range, leaving a long lower wick.
Only a closed candle can confirm the formation; an open candle is never treated as a completed signal.
Exact machine rule
A non-zero body and range, with the lower wick at least 60% of the full range and the close in the upper 35% of the candle.
The candle is read after a decline; the long lower wick shows rejection below the body.
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 Bullish pin bar
Signal and boundary
A non-zero body and range, with the lower wick at least 60% of the full range and the close in the upper 35% of the candle.
Completion
Only a closed candle can confirm the formation; an open candle is never treated as a completed signal.
Similar formations and limits of one example
Unlike a hammer, a pin bar is defined here by wick share and close location. 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
A non-zero body and range, with the lower wick at least 60% of the full range and the close in the upper 35% of the candle.
Required context: The candle is read after a decline; the long lower wick shows rejection below the body.
Completion: Only a closed candle can confirm the formation; an open candle is never treated as a completed signal.
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 446 core and 375 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.
Go to interactive research ↓- Bullish pin bar
- One closed candle after a decline: price was pushed lower, then recovered near the top of its range, leaving a long lower wick.
- Bearish pin bar
- One closed candle after a rise: price was pushed higher, then returned near the bottom of its range, leaving a long upper wick.
Historical research
Select the exact market conditions. Statistics, examples and threshold evidence appear only when the same definition and complete configuration have a published row.
Research methodologyInitial conditions
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Further reading
These related TLAP materials for “Bullish pin bar” are in Russian. Their examples do not replace the historical calculation above.