Inverted Hammer
Small body near the bottom of the candle's range with a long upper wick at least twice the body's height. Identical shape to a shooting star but appearing at the bottom of a downtrend instead of the top of an uptrend.
Bullish·Bullish reversal·1-candle·Requires a prior downtrend
Pattern shape
What it means
Buyers attempted a rally during the session that sellers pushed back, but the very fact that buyers showed up after an extended downtrend signals weakening supply.
Confirmation to wait for
Strongest when the next session opens higher and closes above the inverted hammer's body. Without that follow-through it's just an upper-wick bar.
Failure mode
Often fails without confirmation: the upper wick can also mean sellers are still in control. Context (real downtrend, support level) matters.
Detection rule
Same shape as Shooting Star (body in bottom half, long upper wick) BUT with a prior 5-day downtrend.
The scanner below applies this rule to today's daily candles across actively-traded NSE equities, ranked by traded value (price × volume). Liquidity floor: ₹25 Cr traded today. Rule-based matches - not buy/sell calls.
Stocks matching today
12 matches in NIFTY500 · session 13/11/2026
| Symbol | Name | Close | Δ 1D | Traded ₹Cr | Quality | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COFORGE | Coforge Limited | ₹2,028.00 | -0.29% | 336.3 | 90 | Information Technology |
| IDEA | Vodafone Idea Limited | ₹12.57 | -3.08% | 534.8 | 70 | Telecommunication |
| TECHM | Tech Mahindra Limited | ₹1,764.00 | -0.56% | 235.0 | 69 | Information Technology |
| ONGC | Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited | ₹225.00 | +0.22% | 201.0 | 72 | Oil Gas & Consumable Fuels |
| OFSS | Oracle Financial Services Software Limited | ₹9,912.00 | -0.88% | 168.1 | 69 | Information Technology |
| HBLENGINE | HBL Engineering Limited | ₹799.55 | -1.11% | 79.7 | 63 | Capital Goods |
| JSWINFRA | JSW Infrastructure Limited | ₹339.50 | -0.75% | 43.4 | 77 | Services |
| LTM | LTM Limited | ₹4,256.40 | -1.11% | 70.7 | 58 | Information Technology |
| BALRAMCHIN | Balrampur Chini Mills Limited | ₹654.80 | +0.62% | 46.4 | 71 | Fast Moving Consumer Goods |
| NHPC | NHPC Limited | ₹75.83 | -1.26% | 53.6 | 61 | Power |
| SCHNEIDER | Schneider Electric Infrastructure Limited | ₹1,061.00 | +0.95% | 25.2 | 73 | Capital Goods |
| IPCALAB | IPCA Laboratories Limited | ₹1,884.00 | -0.83% | 43.9 | 53 | Healthcare |
Ordered by pattern-quality score (cleaner textbook match scores higher). Traded value used as a tiebreaker. Click any symbol to verify the candle visually on the stock's chart.
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Pattern definitions are descriptive, not predictive. Confirm with volume + the broader trend on the index / sector before trading any single-stock signal.