Harami
A two-candle pattern where the second candle's body is fully inside the first candle's body — momentum is losing steam and a pause or reversal may follow.
Harami (Japanese: "pregnant") describes any two-candle pattern where the second candle's real body is contained entirely within the first candle's real body. The first candle is large; the second is small.
The small second body inside the large first body signals that the powerful directional move is stalling. The market is pausing to decide. Whether it resolves in a continuation or reversal depends on the follow-through candle and the overall context.
Related Terms
Bearish Harami
A large bullish candle followed by a small bearish candle inside the first — upside momentum is fading at the top of an uptrend.
BeginnerBullish Harami
A large bearish candle followed by a small bullish candle inside the first — downside momentum is stalling at the bottom of a downtrend.
BeginnerDoji
A candle with virtually no real body — open and close are equal or near-equal — signalling market indecision.
BeginnerInside Bar
A candle whose entire high-to-low range is contained within the prior candle's range — consolidation and a potential breakout setup.
BeginnerSpinning Top
A small real body with long wicks on both sides — buyers and sellers battled but neither gained ground — an indecision candle.
BeginnerThree Inside Up / Three Inside Down
A three-candle reversal that adds a confirmation candle to a Harami — a stalling move inside the prior body, then follow-through that seals the turn.
Intermediate