What is the bullish marubozu pattern?
The bullish marubozu is a bullish candlestick pattern. A full-bodied green candle with virtually no shadows. Buyers controlled the session from open to close.
How does the bullish marubozu form?
A long green bar with almost no shadows: it opens at its low, closes at its high, and never seriously trades against itself.
How do you confirm a bullish marubozu?
The absence of wicks is the point. Nobody defended the other side at any price during the whole bar.
When does the bullish marubozu fail?
One-sided bars often mark the middle of a move, not its beginning. The conviction is real and already largely spent.
No chart pattern works every time. The examples on this page were chosen because they show the pattern clearly, and in real markets patterns fail often.
Practice on real charts
3 real examples of the bullish marubozu, cut off where the pattern completed. Make your call, then see what happened.
The shaded area is a bullish marubozu. Where did price go next?
