Ladder Bottom Pattern and Ladder Top Pattern

For a better understanding of this article, you should already know what Japanese Candlesticks are and all their features; for this reason, we suggest you to read this introductory article to Japanese Candlesticks: Japanese Candlestick Chart ( So that you can understand also the Ratings given to the Candlestick Patterns for the “quality” of the signal and for their frequency to “appear” on Charts).

Let’s analyse now the following Candlestick Patterns: “Ladder Bottom Pattern” and “Ladder Top Pattern”.

Ladder Pattern

– Normally it should be a signal of reversal of the current Trend.

– You can find it in the variants: Bottom and Top, depending on the Trend in which is located.

– The longer the Candles are, the more reliable will be the Pattern.

Ladder Bottom Pattern

– It occurs during a Downtrend; confirmation is required by the candles that follow the Pattern.

– The First, Second and Third Candle are long and black; each Candle has the Close and the Open below the Close and Open of the Previous Candle.

– The Fourth Candle is black, with a short Real Body and a long Upper Shadow.

– The Fifth Candle is long and white, it has the Open above the Real Body of the Fourth Candle.

Ladder Top Pattern

– It occurs during an Uptrend; confirmation is required by the candles that follow the Pattern.

– The First, Second and Third Candle are long and white; each Candle has the Close and the Open above the Close and Open of the Previous Candle.

– The Fourth Candle is white, with a short Real Body and a long Lower Shadow.

– The Fifth Candle is long and black, it has the Open below the Real Body of the Fourth Candle.