TradeAlmanac
Sign in

Engulfing pattern

A two-interval candle formation in which the body of the second candle completely covers the body of the first.

How to read the number

The formation describes a change of closes: the interval finished on the other side of the previous one and with a larger body.

When the metric lies

Its meaning is set by the chosen interval: the engulfing exists on the daily chart and is absent from the hourly one over the same stretch. Neither picture is the more correct.

Also known as: bullish engulfing

Related terms