Candlestick Pattern :

• Bullish Engulfing.

Description

• Widely regarded as one of the most common and effective bullish candlestick patterns.
• It is a Bottom Reversal pattern depicted by 2 candlesticks.
• The 1 st candle is a bearish candle that forms at the bottom of a down trend.
• The 2nd candle that forms initially “gaps” downwards before reversing into a long bullish candle that totally engulfs the 1st candle’s real body and closes above it.

Trading Psychology :

• The Bears are running the show with Price moving downwards indicating the continuation of the down trend shown by the 1st candle.
• As shown in the 2nd candle, a “gap” away from the downward move means that there is a sudden increase in conviction of the Bears to push the price further down.
• However, the conviction suddenly stalls and reverses direction with the Bulls making a challenge to reverse the trend.
  
• The reversal of sentimental in the opposite direction is so strong that price gradually extend upwards, beyond  the 1st candlestick’s real body.
• Price is on its way up.

My Thoughts :

• The Bullish Engulfing candlestick pattern is a highly reliable candlestick pattern for reversing a downtrend.
• The wider the “Gap” and the longer the real body of the 2nd candlestick extends as compared to the 1st candlestick, the stronger the sentiment for the trend to reverse.
• However, do note is that in Forex Trading, since it is being traded 24 hours,  “Gaps” between the closing price and opening price are very rare unlike other financial markets.
• That is why when identifying such patterns in FX trading, we can ignore the “Gap” portion of the candlestick pattern.

However, even though this particular candlestick pattern is highly reliable, my advice is still not to take all the signals that comes for granted, watch what price is doing first, Price Action precedes all indicators and patterns.

Have a safe and profitable trading day ahead.

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