Soldiers & Crows
Three candles of relentless stair-stepping.
Three white soldiers
Three strong green candles, each opening inside the prior body and closing near its high. Not a spike — a regime change with receipts.
Three black crows
The bearish twin after a rally: every bounce gets sold before the close, three days running.
The fatigue check
If each new body shrinks or the wicks grow, the march is tiring. Strongest when they end the opposite move — three green candles in the middle of a range are just traffic.
Quick check
Three shrinking green candles after a huge drop most likely mean…
- A weak bounce — check the bigger trend before trusting it
- Guaranteed reversal
- Time to short instantly
- Nothing observable
Momentum that fades candle by candle is a bounce until proven otherwise. Context outranks the count.
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