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 to spot a bullish marubozu
- 1Look for an unusually long green candle compared with recent bars.
- 2Check there is almost no wick at the top or the bottom.
- 3It opens at the low and closes at the high: buyers controlled the whole bar.
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?
Bullish Marubozu: common questions
Is the bullish marubozu bullish or bearish?
The bullish marubozu is bullish. With no wicks, the candle shows that nobody defended the other side during the session.
How do you spot a bullish marubozu?
Look for an unusually long green candle compared with recent bars. Check there is almost no wick at the top or the bottom. It opens at the low and closes at the high: buyers controlled the whole bar.
What is the difference between the bullish marubozu and the bearish marubozu?
The bullish marubozu: A full-bodied green candle with virtually no shadows. Buyers controlled the session from open to close. The bearish marubozu: A full-bodied red candle with virtually no shadows. Sellers dominated from the first trade to the last.
How reliable is the bullish marubozu?
No chart pattern works every time. One-sided bars often mark the middle of a move, not its beginning. The conviction is real and already largely spent. That is why it helps to wait for confirmation and to practice on many real examples before relying on it.
How can I practice spotting the bullish marubozu?
Use the real charts on this page: each one stops where the bullish marubozu completed, so you can make a call and then see what happened. The free Chartle app mixes the bullish marubozu in with 48 other patterns in short daily sessions.
Keep learning
- Chart pattern gameGuess where price goes next on real charts, all 49 patterns mixed.
- All 49 chart patternsEvery bullish and bearish pattern, with a printable cheat sheet.
- How to read candlestick chartsBodies, wicks and colors explained from the start.
- Cheat sheet PDFAll patterns on two printable pages.
