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Bearish harami on GBP/USD

On GBP/USD the bearish harami showed up 104 times. The target came first 33% of the time, the stop 57%, and 11% went nowhere within 12 candles.

Counted on GBP/USD: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.

By timeframe

TimeframeFoundTarget firstStop firstWent nowhere
Daily1030%60%10%
Hourly9433%56%11%

GBP/USD against the rest

ChartsFoundTarget firstStop firstWent nowhere
GBP/USD10433%57%11%
All Forex charts1,01937%53%10%
Every market11,39736%57%7%

Year by year

YearFoundTarget firstStop first
201730%67%
20241010%90%
20255340%51%
20263228%56%

The last 8 times

Counted by the Trading Class research engine on real past candles: entry at the signal candle's close, target 1.5 × ATR(14), stop 1 × ATR(14), 12 candles to decide, a candle that touches both counts as the stop. How we count. Past data, not a forecast and not advice.

What the bearish harami is

A small candle inside a big green one. Buying is slowing down.

Imagine a crowd cheering loudly, then suddenly going almost silent. A bearish harami is like that: after a big green candle, the next candle is small and red and fits inside the green body. The buyers' loud push has gone quiet.

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Other patterns on GBP/USD

Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · Doji · MACD bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · RSI oversold bounce · all of them

The bearish harami elsewhere

EUR/JPY · EUR/USD · USD/CHF · GBP/JPY · USD/JPY · NZD/USD · EUR/GBP · AUD/USD · USD/CAD · GBP/INR · Dow Jones · Nikkei 225 · Sony · Gold · Silver · Ethereum · Bitcoin

Questions

How often does the bearish harami work on GBP/USD?

In 104 cases on GBP/USD, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 33% of the time and the stop came first 57%; 11% went nowhere within 12 candles.

What is the bearish harami?

A small candle inside a big green one. Buying is slowing down.