Advance Block

Advance Block

The advance block candlestick pattern is a very familiar pattern these days. But it was a very unusual pattern before the emergence of algorithm trading. This chart pattern reflects how the market is in an uptrend or a pullback within a downtrend. It describes temporary uptrends and drawbacks within downtrends.

In This Article –

  • What is Advance Block?

  • How to analyse the chart using Advance Block?

  • How to use Advance Block on Keev?

Category – Trend

Type – Leading

What is Advance Block?

The advance block is a candlestick pattern which indicates a bearish reversal signal. It can be seen on candlestick charts. It’s a three-candle bearish reversal pattern. Here the first candle is a large candlestick that is followed by two other candles that consist of small structures but high wicks. All three candlesticks are green in colour. All three candlesticks must have a shorter body than the previous candlestick. It reflects an uptrend or bullish trend. They lead to a continuation of the bullish trend. It occurs after a price increase is reflected by green candlesticks. The close of the candles must be far away from respective highs.

How to analyse chart using Advance Block?

Now let's understand advance block pattern with the help of a chart.

You can see that in the above candlestick pattern, the body of the candlestick decreases and at the same time the size of the wick increases with time. It is reflecting the imbalance created in the market. The price is about to turn in its direction.

An advance block candlestick pattern is used to determine the weakening of the bullish trend.



As the trend reversal is not confirmed until the price breaks the low of the first candlestick, one needs to hold on for the price to break the low of this pattern. If the price doesn’t go low then it will be a false pattern. The advance block pattern provides a meagre risk-reward ratio. This is the reason why you shall use a bit for technical analysis to confirm trend reversal and trade on a lower time frame which is the direction of the bearish trend.

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