The three black crows is a bearish sign that an uptrend has reversed or is in the process of reversing. It appears in trend tops as well as in bear rallies.
The “falling three” is a bearish chart pattern that often ends in a correction to the downside. It forms when the chart makes a short bullish move in a bearish trend.
A gravestone doji can be a sign that an uptrend has moved too high, too quickly. This can mean some retracement is necessary before new highs can be made.
A morning star strategy is used for trading on short swings in a downward trending market. The pattern usually shows up where the market has reached an oversold level.
When trading an uptrend we always want to be alert to changes in bullish sentiment even on a small scale. The dark cloud is one such pattern that we can look for as an early sign of a bearish reversal.
Heikin Ashi is most useful for visually identifying places where the market is trending. This makes them suited to scalpers, swing traders, and day traders.
A bullish engulfing candlestick can be a useful buy signal. But in order to trade them we have to be able to recognize reliable patterns from the false ones.