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Abandoned Baby
Advance Block
Belt Hold
Breakaway
Dark Cloud Cover
Deliberation
Doji Star
Dragonfly Doji
Downside Gap Three Methods
Downside Tasuki Gap
Engulfing
Evening Doji Star
Evening Star
Falling Three Methods
Gravestone Doji
Hanging Man
Harami
Harami Cross
Identical Three Crows
In Neck
Kicking
Meeting Lines
On Neck
Separating Lines
Shooting Star
Side By Side White Lines
Three Black Crows
Three Inside Down
Three Line Strike
Three Outside Down
Thrusting
Tri Star
Two Crows
Upside Gap Two Crows

Breakaway



Pattern: reversal
Reliability: moderate

Identification
A long white day is followed by a white day that gaps above the first day. The next two days continue in the same direction with higher consecutive closes. The final day is a long black day that closes in the gap between the first and second days.

The Psychology
In an uptrend or within a bounce of a downtrend, the stock exhausts itself with a gap up, but although the upward movement continues, it slows noticeably. The long black day suggests a possible reversal in the making to at least fill the gap. Declining volume on the three middle days with a pickup in volume on the black day serve as confirmation.