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A powerful single-candle reversal signal that appears at the bottom of downtrends, showing buyers stepping in to reject lower prices.
The Abandoned Baby (Bullish) is a rare three-candle reversal pattern that forms at the bottom of a downtrend. It consists of a bearish candle, a doji that gaps below it (the 'abandoned baby'), and a bullish candle that gaps above the doji.
The pattern is named because the middle doji sits isolated between two gaps, like a 'baby' abandoned between the two larger candles. The gaps on both sides are what make this pattern exceptionally rare in crypto — and exceptionally powerful when it does appear.
The Abandoned Baby tells a story of complete exhaustion. The first candle extends the downtrend with strong selling pressure — bears are confidently in control.
Then something remarkable happens: the market gaps down but can't move in either direction. The doji shows that for the first time, buying and selling pressure are perfectly balanced. The gap isolates this moment of indecision from the prior trend.
The third candle gaps up and rallies hard. Two gaps surrounding a doji is the market screaming that sentiment has flipped. The isolation of the doji — abandoned between two gaps — represents the precise moment where bears lost control and bulls seized it.
Conservative: Enter long above the third candle's high.
Aggressive: Enter long at the close of the third candle.
Below the low of the doji (second candle). The gaps provide natural support — if price fills both gaps, the pattern has failed.
T1: Previous swing high. T2: Measured move equal to the distance from the doji low to the third candle's close, projected upward.
Minimum 1:2. This is one of the rarest and most reliable reversal patterns — when valid, it deserves full position sizing.
The Abandoned Baby is a rare but powerful signal - its reliability depends entirely on where it appears and how the market behaves afterward. Because it requires a gap on both sides of the middle candle, it's most effective in markets with genuine session gaps.
Always confirm this pattern with volume analysis and higher timeframe context. A pattern in isolation is just a shape - confluence with other factors is what creates high-probability setups.
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