There are several predefined patterns that you can set as filters for your scan, including candlestick and P&F patterns. For more information on writing scans using these and other scan clauses, please see our Support Center article on Writing Scans.
Users can scan for several different bullish and bearish candlestick patterns, which can be found in the “Candlestick Patterns” dropdown menu in the Advanced Scan Workbench.
Whether or not the security is displaying the Bullish Engulfing Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Bearish Engulfing Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Dark Cloud Cover Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Piercing Line Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Bullish Harami Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Bearish Harami Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Morning Star Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Evening Star Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Rising Three Methods Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Falling Three Methods Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Gravestone Doji Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Dragonfly Doji Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Three White Soldiers Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Three Black Crows Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Hammer Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Hanging Man Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Shooting Star Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying a Filled Black Candle.
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Whether or not the security is displaying a Hollow Red Candle.
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Whether or not the security is displaying a Red Elder Bar.
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Whether or not the security is displaying a Blue Elder Bar.
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Whether or not the security is displaying a Green Elder Bar.
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Whether or not the security's price is in the Ichimoku Cloud. See our Support Center article on Scanning Ichimoku Clouds for more information.
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Whether or not the security's price is above the Ichimoku Cloud. See our Support Center article on Scanning Ichimoku Clouds for more information.
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Whether or not the security's price is below the Ichimoku Cloud. See our Support Center article on Scanning Ichimoku Clouds for more information.
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Whether or not the Ichimoku Cloud is green. See our Support Center article on Scanning Ichimoku Clouds for more information.
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Whether or not the Ichimoku Cloud is red. See our Support Center article on Scanning Ichimoku Clouds for more information.
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Candlestick Building Blocks are candlestick characteristics that can be combined together to create candlestick patterns. Users can scan for several of these candlestick building blocks, which can be found in the “Candlestick Building Blocks” dropdown menu in the Advanced Scan Workbench.
Whether or not the security is in an uptrend. For the purposes of scanning using this building block, a security is considered to be in an uptrend if the midpoint of the candlestick is above its 5-day exponential moving average.
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Whether or not the security is in a downtrend. For the purposes of scanning using this building block, a security is considered to be in a downtrend if the midpoint of the candlestick is below its 5-day exponential moving average.
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Whether or not the security's candlestick has a long body.
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Whether or not the security's candlestick has a short body.
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Whether or not the security is displaying a Doji candlestick.
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Whether or not the security is displaying a Marubozu candlestick.
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Whether or not the security's candlestick is in a star position.
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Whether or not the security is displaying a Spinning Top candlestick.
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Whether or not the security is displaying either a Bullish Engulfing Pattern or a Bearish Engulfing Pattern.
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Users can scan for several different bullish and bearish P&F patterns, which can be found in the “P&F Patterns” dropdown menu in the Advanced Scan Workbench.
Whether or not the security is displaying the Bullish Catapult P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Bearish Catapult P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Bullish Signal Reversed P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Bearish Signal Reversed P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Bullish Triangle P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Bearish Triangle P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Long Tail Down P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Triple Top Breakout P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Triple Bottom Breakdown P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Spread Triple Top Breakout P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Spread Triple Bottom Breakdown P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Ascending Triple Top Breakout P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Descending Triple Bottom Breakdown P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Quadruple Top Breakout P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Quadruple Bottom Breakdown P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Bull Trap P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Bear Trap P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Double Top Breakout P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Double Bottom Breakdown P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying a P&F Buy Signal.
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Whether or not the security is displaying a P&F Sell Signal.
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Whether or not the security has an X in the most recent box on its P&F chart.
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Whether or not the security has an O in the most recent box on its P&F chart.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the High Pole P&F Pattern.
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Whether or not the security is displaying the Low Pole P&F Pattern.
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