Candlestick patterns, named and graded.
CoinBeacon reads the last one to five candles for the whole classical library — engulfing, hammers, stars, dojis and dozens more — and tags every hit reversal, continuation or indecision with a low, medium or high reliability grade. The board is ordered by the strength of the setup on the coin the candle printed on, not by the candle, so a mid-range doji still turns up near the top — labelled indecision at low reliability, which is the part that tells you what to do with it. Where a candle feeds a Smart Setup, that grade is weighted again by where it printed, the volume behind it and the trend it runs with.
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- Binance spot + futures
- Pattern library
- 30+ named patterns
- Every hit tagged
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- Closed-bar, no repaint
Every candle signal worth a name.
From a single dragonfly doji to a five-bar rising three methods, CoinBeacon recognises the patterns traders actually watch — computed on Binance closed candles, so a signal never repaints as the bar is still forming.
- The weighty reversals. Bullish and bearish engulfing, morning and evening star, three inside/outside up-down, abandoned baby and kicking — the high-reliability turns.
- The classic single bars. Hammer and hanging man, inverted hammer and shooting star, the full doji family, marubozu, spinning top and belt hold.
- Continuation and indecision too. Three white soldiers and black crows, rising/falling three methods, harami, tweezers and hikkake — each tagged by what it implies.
- Direction and grade attached. Every hit carries a bull, bear or neutral lean — a doji calls nothing, and it is tagged as calling nothing — plus a low, medium or high reliability tier, and the board narrows to the named formations you trade.
PAXG/BTC · 4h · Binance spot
0.05538 BTC
Three Outside Down
completed on the last closed 4h candle
direction
-44
112 reversal · 19 indecision · 9 continuation on this read
A pattern is only as good as where it prints.
Shape is all a candle detector sees, ours included — so the board lists every doji and spinning top it finds and puts a class and a reliability grade on each one, rather than pretending it never saw them. Where the candle printed is weighed later, in the Smart Setups score, where the same shape at a level or a trendline counts double what it does floating mid-range.
- At a level or trendline. In the setup score, a reversal candle bouncing off support, a broken trendline or a prior ATH counts double what the same shape floating mid-range does.
- Confirmed by volume. The completing bar's volume is measured against its baseline — a 2–4× spike lifts its weight, dead volume dampens it.
- Aligned with the trend. A pullback candle in the direction of the trend beats a counter-trend knife-catch fading a strong move.
- Reliability-weighted. High-grade patterns carry more weight in that score than low-grade ones, so a mid-range spinning top never outweighs an engulfing at support — though the board itself still lists both, ordered by the coin.
Latest closed 4h candle · Binance spot
- $0.13530
Belt HoldIMX/USDT · 4h
Reversal · low reliability
- $0.17210
Bullish EngulfingAVA/USDT · 4h
Reversal · high reliability
- $0.02011
MarubozuFIDA/USDT · 4h
Continuation · medium reliability
- $0.16460
Morning StarFET/USDC · 4h
Reversal · high reliability
Every hit tagged reversal, continuation or indecision, with its reliability grade
The full candle vocabulary.
A candle can match several patterns at once — the board lists each one with its own grade. Where a candle feeds a trade, it is cross-checked against key levels and divergences before it counts.
Reversal
- Bullish / Bearish Engulfinghigh reliability
- Morning / Evening Star (+ Doji)high reliability
- Three Inside Up / Downhigh reliability
- Three Outside Up / Downhigh reliability
- Abandoned Babyhigh reliability
- Kickinghigh reliability
- Hammer / Hanging Manmedium
- Inverted Hammer / Shooting Starmedium
- Harami / Harami Crossmedium
- Piercing Line / Dark Cloud Covermedium
- Dragonfly / Gravestone Dojimedium
- Doji Starmedium
- Tweezer Top / Bottommedium
- Belt Hold · Hikkake · Advance Blocklow
Continuation
- Three White Soldiers / Black Crowshigh reliability
- Rising / Falling Three Methodshigh reliability
- Marubozu / Closing Marubozumedium
- Separating Lineslow
Indecision
- Dojilow
- Long-Legged Dojilow
- Spinning Toplow
Inside the app
Candlestick signals, graded.
The live signals view. The strongest signal on each of the coins below, out of the population counted beside them — not every one that completed, which is a far longer list than a page can show. Each is named by the classifier, called bullish, bearish or neutral — a doji calls nothing, and the badge says so — and tagged with the two things that decide whether it is worth a look — what kind of formation it is, and how much that formation is worth. This is the real screen, not a sketch.
Detectors
Candlestick Signals
Completed patterns on the latest closed 4h candle · Binance spot
Signals fire only on the close — never mid-bar, so nothing repaints
The live board, one row per coin, ordered by the strength of the setup on the coin the candle printed on. Open one in the app for the bars themselves and every other pattern that completed on the same chart.
Signal to decision, in four steps
How to read crypto candlestick patterns without watching every chart.
- 01Open the candlestick signals viewSign in with Google and open the candlestick detector. Every pattern that completed on the latest closed candle across Binance spot and futures is already listed, named and tagged bullish, bearish or neutral — nothing to draw, nothing to configure.
- 02Filter it down to the patterns you tradePick the named formations you care about — engulfing, hammer, morning star, three white soldiers — or flip the whole board to bullish-only or bearish-only, and put a floor under market cap and 24h volume so what is left is coins you would actually take. Sort by most recent, most signals, or symbol.
- 03Read the grade, not just the shapeEach card carries the coin, the timeframe and every pattern that completed on it — each tagged reversal, continuation or indecision with its own reliability grade — plus the card's overall bias and the bars themselves. A high-grade engulfing and a low-grade spinning top are never the same signal, even on the same coin at the same close.
- 04Confirm it, then put it somewhere you'll be toldCandlestick signals are a screen you open, not one of CoinBeacon's 19 alert types. What traders do is read the level the candle reacted off, set a price alert on that number, and let Telegram, Discord, email or a webhook carry the retest while they're away from the screen.
What traders act on
Engulfing at support, shooting stars at resistance, and the dojis you can ignore.
Bullish engulfing and hammer signals at support
The classic long trigger: price falls into a level, then one candle takes back the whole of the previous body. CoinBeacon names it and grades it high-reliability reversal; whether it printed at a level is what the setup score weighs next. The key-levels detector marks the ladder those bounces happen on — floor pivots, Fibonacci retracements, swing highs and lows, round numbers and the prior ATH or ATL.
Shooting stars and bearish engulfing into resistance
The mirror image, and usually the one that saves money. A long upper wick rejected at a ceiling, or a bearish engulfing swallowing the last push, is worth more than the same candle in open air. When the ceiling is a diagonal rather than a horizontal, the trendline detector draws the line and tracks whether it broke, failed or held the retest.
Reversal candles with real volume behind them
A hammer on dead volume is a shrug; the same hammer on a 2–4× spike is participation. The completing bar's volume is measured against its own baseline before that candle counts toward a setup. For the fuller read on who was buying, volume analysis covers relative volume, spikes, blow-off exhaustion and the taker buy/sell split.
Candle confirmation inside a full trade setup
A candle signal is one piece of evidence, not a trade on its own. Smart Setups reads the same Binance candle history and hands back a named trade — a direction, a 0-100 quality score, the volume and taker flow behind it, and a pass/fail checklist — where a reversal candle counts as one input rather than the whole thesis.
Candlestick patterns — common questions
- Which candlestick patterns does CoinBeacon detect?
- The full classical taxonomy over the last one to five candles: engulfing, hammer and hanging man, inverted hammer and shooting star, the whole doji family (dragonfly, gravestone, long-legged), morning and evening star, harami, piercing and dark cloud, marubozu, three white soldiers and three black crows, tweezers, kicking, hikkake and more. Each is tagged reversal, continuation or indecision, with a low, medium or high reliability grade.
- How do I read a bullish engulfing candle on a crypto chart?
- A bullish engulfing is a candle whose real body completely swallows the falling body before it — sellers gave back the whole of the previous bar in one session. It carries weight when it prints after a decline and at a level buyers were expected to defend; the same shape floating mid-range means very little. CoinBeacon tags every one reversal and bullish and grades its reliability; where that candle feeds a Smart Setup, the grade is weighted again by where it printed, its volume against baseline, and whether it runs with the trend.
- What is the most reliable candlestick pattern?
- No candle is a guarantee, which is why CoinBeacon grades rather than ranks. Engulfing, morning and evening star, three inside and three outside up-down, abandoned baby and kicking are tagged high reliability; hammer and hanging man, harami, piercing and dark cloud, tweezers and the dragonfly and gravestone dojis sit at medium; plain doji, long-legged doji and spinning top are low. Even a high-grade pattern scores poorly when it prints mid-range on thin volume.
- Does it flag every doji and hammer on the chart?
- It lists them, and then it grades them — the grade is the part that matters. Every hit carries a reversal, continuation or indecision class and a low, medium or high reliability tier, so a plain mid-range doji is visible without being dressed up as an engulfing at a level, and you can filter the board down to only the named patterns you trade. Where a candle feeds a Smart Setup the weighting goes further: the same shape counts for more at a key level or trendline, on a volume spike and running with the trend than it does floating mid-range.
- Which exchanges and timeframes does candlestick detection cover?
- Binance spot and futures, on the 15m, 1h, 4h, 1d and 1w candles. Everything is computed on closed candles, so a pattern is published once the bar completing it has closed — nothing appears mid-bar and then disappears. The same formation is listed separately per timeframe, because a 15-minute hammer and a weekly hammer mean very different things.
- Can I get an alert when a candlestick pattern forms?
- Not as its own alert type — the candlestick view is a screen you open, and none of CoinBeacon's 19 alert types fires on a named formation. Two things get close: the wick alert, which pings you when a candle closes with a long rejected wick, and a price alert placed on the level the pattern reacted off. Both reach Telegram, Discord, email or a webhook while you are away from the chart.
- Should I trade a candlestick signal on its own, or pair it with chart patterns?
- Pair it — a single candle is a hint, not a thesis. A hammer or engulfing only carries weight when it prints somewhere that matters, which is why a candle feeding a Smart Setup is weighted by the level, volume and trend around it rather than by shape alone. Its natural partners are the larger structure and the levels the bar is reacting off: the chart-pattern detector finds the triangle or flag the candle sits inside, key levels mark the support or resistance it bounced from, and Smart Setups folds a reversal candle into a full named trade instead of treating it as the whole call.
- Is candlestick pattern detection free to use?
- Yes. The free plan includes every CoinBeacon feature — the candlestick detector, all screeners, and up to 5 active alerts with 10 notifications per day. Patterns are computed on Binance spot and futures closed candles. Sign in with Google to start; there is no card and no exchange API key.
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