What is the morning doji star pattern?
The morning doji star is a bullish candlestick pattern. A morning star with a doji in the middle. It shows indecision at the low before buyers take over.
How to spot a morning doji star
- 1Find a long red candle at the end of a decline.
- 2The next candle is a doji, with almost no body, at or below the low.
- 3A green third candle closes well up into the first red body.
How does the morning doji star form?
A morning star whose middle bar is a doji: long red bar, then near-total indecision at the low, then a strong green bar.
How do you confirm a morning doji star?
The doji makes the middle stronger than an ordinary small body. It says the decline stopped dead rather than slowed.
When does the morning doji star fail?
Without a decisive third bar the doji is just a pause. Indecision resolves downward as easily as upward.
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 morning doji star, cut off where the pattern completed. Make your call, then see what happened.
The shaded area is a morning doji star. Where did price go next?
Morning Doji Star: common questions
Is the morning doji star bullish or bearish?
The morning doji star is bullish. The doji marks the exhaustion; the green candle is the confirmation.
How do you spot a morning doji star?
Find a long red candle at the end of a decline. The next candle is a doji, with almost no body, at or below the low. A green third candle closes well up into the first red body.
What is the difference between the morning doji star and the evening doji star?
The morning doji star: A morning star with a doji in the middle. It shows indecision at the low before buyers take over. The evening doji star: An evening star with a doji in the middle. It shows indecision at the high before sellers take over.
How reliable is the morning doji star?
No chart pattern works every time. Without a decisive third bar the doji is just a pause. Indecision resolves downward as easily as upward. 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 morning doji star?
Use the real charts on this page: each one stops where the morning doji star completed, so you can make a call and then see what happened. The free Chartle app mixes the morning 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.
