What is the evening doji star pattern?
The evening doji star is a bearish candlestick pattern. An evening star with a doji in the middle. It shows indecision at the high before sellers take over.
How to spot an evening doji star
- 1Find a long green candle at the end of an advance.
- 2The next candle is a doji, with almost no body, at or above the high.
- 3A red third candle closes well down into the first green body.
How does the evening doji star form?
An evening star whose middle bar is a doji: long green bar, then indecision at the high, then a red bar closing back into the first.
How do you confirm a evening doji star?
A doji directly at a high is the warning; the red bar after it is what makes the sequence a pattern rather than an observation.
When does the evening doji star fail?
In a persistent uptrend the doji is frequently a one-bar rest, and the third bar never arrives.
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 evening doji star, cut off where the pattern completed. Make your call, then see what happened.
The shaded area is a evening doji star. Where did price go next?
Evening Doji Star: common questions
Is the evening doji star bullish or bearish?
The evening doji star is bearish. A doji at the top is a warning; the red candle after it is the trigger.
How do you spot an evening doji star?
Find a long green candle at the end of an advance. The next candle is a doji, with almost no body, at or above the high. A red third candle closes well down into the first green body.
What is the difference between the evening doji star and the morning doji star?
The evening doji star: An evening star with a doji in the middle. It shows indecision at the high before sellers take over. The morning doji star: A morning star with a doji in the middle. It shows indecision at the low before buyers take over.
How reliable is the evening doji star?
No chart pattern works every time. In a persistent uptrend the doji is frequently a one-bar rest, and the third bar never arrives. 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 evening doji star?
Use the real charts on this page: each one stops where the evening doji star completed, so you can make a call and then see what happened. The free Chartle app mixes the evening doji star 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.
