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What Is a Bullish Engulfing Pattern?

 

Bullish engulfing candlestick

What Is a Bullish Engulfing Pattern?


A bullish engulfing pattern is a green candlestick that closes higher than the previous day's opening after opening lower than the previous day's close. 

It can be identified when a small red candlestick, showing a bearish trend, is followed the next day by a large green candlestick, showing a bullish trend, the body of which completely overlaps or engulfs the body of the previous day’s candlestick. 

Bullish engulfing

What Does a Bullish Engulfing Pattern Tell You?

A bullish engulfing pattern is not to be interpreted as simply a green candlestick, representing upward price movement, following a red candlestick, representing downward price movement. For a bullish engulfing pattern to form, the stock must open at a lower price on Day 2 than it closed at on Day 1.

If the price did not gap down, the body of the white candlestick would not have a chance to engulf the body of the previous day’s black candlestick.


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