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C ShootingStar

From MultiCharts

The C ShootingStar indicator identifies the occurrence of a Shooting Star candlestick pattern and marks the bars with this pattern.

Definition

A Shooting Star is a bearish candlestick with a long upper shadow, little or no lower shadow, and a small real body near the low of the day. It is observed in the rising trend.

The Shooting Star candle pattern has the following characteristics:

  • Small body (but not a Doji candle).
  • The body is near the low of the bar.
  • The tail is usually twice as long as the body.
  • The body gaps up from the previous bar's body.
  • The previous bar's body is green and larger than the average body.

Default Inputs

Length( 14 ) sets the number of bars used to calculate the average body.

Factor( 2 ) sets the body size in relation to bar range.