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Candlestick patterns

Bearish candlestick pattern: bearish engulfing. Bullish candlestick pattern: bullish engulfing. Bearish candlestick pattern: dark cloud cover. Bearish candlestick pattern: evening star. Bullish candlestick pattern: hammer. Bearish candlestick pattern: hanging man. Bullish candlestick pattern: inverted hammer. Bullish candlestick pattern: morning star. Bullish candlestick pattern: piercing line. Bearish candlestick pattern: shooting star. Bearish candlestick pattern: three black crows. Bearish candlestick pattern: three inside down. Bullish candlestick pattern: three inside up. Bullish candlestick pattern: three white soldiers. Bullish candlestick pattern: tweezer bottom. Bearish candlestick pattern: tweezer top.

Market structure events

Price breaks below the most recent confirmed swing low, confirming a downtrend continuation. Price breaks structure in the opposite direction of the prior trend, signaling a possible reversal to bearish. Price wicks above a prior swing high then reverses downward, confirming trapped buy-side liquidity. Price breaks above the most recent confirmed swing high, confirming an uptrend continuation. Price breaks structure in the opposite direction of the prior trend, signaling a possible reversal to bullish. Price wicks below a prior swing low then reverses upward, confirming trapped sell-side liquidity.

Price action

Price is retesting an unfilled 3-candle price imbalance created by a strong move, before continuing in the original direction. Price is retesting a prior institutional order zone (last opposite-colored candle before a strong impulse move) before continuing in the impulse direction.

IV-rank filters

Only enter when the option's IV Rank is above the 70th percentile of its recent range (expensive volatility). Only enter when the option's IV Rank is below the 30th percentile of its recent range (cheap volatility).

Price action

Price is retesting an unfilled 3-candle price imbalance created by a strong move, before continuing in the original direction. Price is retesting a prior institutional order zone (last opposite-colored candle before a strong impulse move) before continuing in the impulse direction.

IV-rank filters

Only enter when the option's IV Rank is above the 70th percentile of its recent range (expensive volatility). Only enter when the option's IV Rank is below the 30th percentile of its recent range (cheap volatility).