Abandoned Baby

The Abandoned Baby pattern is a variation of the Evening and Morning star patterns.
It's a major reversal pattern, similar to the island reversal chart pattern.
The key to this pattern is the Doji gapping away from the candles on both sides.

Bearish Abandoned Baby

• Bearish reversal pattern
• Appears after a strong uptrend
• Formation of 3 candle lines
• 1st candle is a long green candle in the direction of the trend
• 2nd candle is ideally a Doji or a candle with a very small real body gapping away from the candles on each side
• There must be no shadows or body overlapping the Doji
• 3rd candle is a long red candle

Bullish Abandoned Baby

• Bullish reversal pattern
• Appears after a strong downtrend
• Formation of 3 candle lines
• 1st candle is a long red candle in the direction of the trend
• 2nd candle is ideally a Doji or a candle with a very small real body gapping away from the candles on each side
• There must be no shadows or body overlapping the Doji
• 3rd candle is a long green candle