What is the tweezer bottom pattern?
The tweezer bottom is a bullish candlestick pattern. Two or more candles bouncing from almost exactly the same low.
How to spot a tweezer bottom
- 1Look for two or more neighbouring candles after a decline.
- 2Their lows land at almost exactly the same price.
- 3Price turns up from that shared low instead of breaking it.
How does the tweezer bottom form?
Two or more neighbouring bars reach almost exactly the same low and bounce from it.
How do you confirm a tweezer bottom?
A level defended twice in a row is worth marking. The strength of the bounce matters less than the precision of the match.
When does the tweezer bottom fail?
In a fast decline a shared low is often just where a single order sat. Once it is filled the level means nothing.
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 tweezer bottom, cut off where the pattern completed. Make your call, then see what happened.
The shaded area is a tweezer bottom. Where did price go next?
Tweezer Bottom: common questions
Is the tweezer bottom bullish or bearish?
The tweezer bottom is bullish. A level defended twice in a row is a level worth marking.
How do you spot a tweezer bottom?
Look for two or more neighbouring candles after a decline. Their lows land at almost exactly the same price. Price turns up from that shared low instead of breaking it.
What is the difference between the tweezer bottom and the tweezer top?
The tweezer bottom: Two or more candles bouncing from almost exactly the same low. The tweezer top: Two or more candles rejecting from almost exactly the same high.
How reliable is the tweezer bottom?
No chart pattern works every time. In a fast decline a shared low is often just where a single order sat. Once it is filled the level means nothing. 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 tweezer bottom?
Use the real charts on this page: each one stops where the tweezer bottom completed, so you can make a call and then see what happened. The free Chartle app mixes the tweezer bottom 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.
