What Is Three White Soldiers?
Three White Soldiers is the bullish mirror of Three Black Crows: three consecutive long-bodied green (bullish) candles, each opening within the previous body and closing near the day's high. The pattern signals a strong handoff from sellers to buyers, typically appearing at the end of a downtrend or consolidation.
The most reliable instances form after a clear downtrend or after consolidation breaks. Each candle's close should be near its high (small upper wick), confirming buyer commitment. Volume should expand on each successive soldier — declining volume warns of an exhausted move rather than a genuine reversal.
Common entry: long on the close of the third soldier or on a confirming follow-through. Stop-loss below the low of the first soldier. Combined with other bullish signals (rising RSI, MACD bullish cross, volume expansion), the pattern's predictive value rises significantly.
Related terms
- Three Black Crows — Bearish reversal pattern: three consecutive long-bodied bearish candles.
- Candlestick Chart — Price chart format where each candle shows open, high, low, and close for a period.
- Trend — The general direction of price movement over a period — uptrend, downtrend, or sideways.
- Engulfing Pattern — A two-candle reversal pattern where the second candle fully engulfs the first.