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The 3-Bar Reversal Pattern
The three bar reversal is one of the simplest ways to spot a trend running out of steam. As the name says, it is just three candles read in order. The first candle keeps pushing in the current direction, so in a falling market it is another bar down. The second candle makes the lowest point of the three, which becomes the pivot the whole pattern turns on. The third candle is the tell, closing back up above the high of that middle bar and showing that buyers have taken control.
Trading it is just as clean. You can enter as the third candle closes, or wait for price to push past its high for a little more proof. Your stop goes just under the low of that middle pivot candle, which gives you a tight and obvious risk. Because the stop sits so close, the reward can be several times the risk when the reversal runs, and that is what makes the pattern worth watching in the first place.
Where the pattern shows up matters more than the shape alone. A three bar reversal at a level price has respected before, or right after a quick sweep below an obvious low, means far more than the same three candles floating in the middle of nowhere. On its own it is a signal and not a full system, so win rate and risk management still decide whether it pays over many trades. The honest way to find out if it works on your market is to backtest it on real history before you put money behind it.
Watch it traded live
Here is Chermane Trades planning and executing a trade around exactly this kind of level. Notice how the idea comes first, then the entry, then the management.
What to take from it
- Chermane walks a live trade from start to finish, so you see how he waits for the turn to confirm rather than trying to guess the exact bottom.
- Notice how much weight he puts on where the reversal happens. The same signal means far more at a spot the market has reacted to before.
- He keeps the risk tight and defined from the moment he is in, which is the habit that keeps a single wrong trade small.