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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

Dragonfly Doji
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Pattern: reversal
Reliability: low/moderate

Identification
A Doji forms at the upper end of a trading range with a long lower shadow (the longer the more bearish) with no, or almost no upper shadow.

The Psychology
In an uptrend or within a bounce of a downtrend, a sharp intraday sell-off is followed by a reversal which causes the stock to close at its opening price near the day's high. Although the stock recovers from its intraday sell-off, it suggests the bulls are starting to lose strength, and a reversal may occur. A weak following day on solid volume is still needed to confirm the pattern.

The bearish Dragonfly Doji is similar to the bearish Hanging Man, bullish Dragonfly Doji, and bullish Hammer.