Gravestone Doji Pattern: Shape, Meaning, and Examples on Crypto Charts
Schematic of the Gravestone Doji shape. What matters is the proportion of body and wicks, not the price figures.
Gravestone Doji pattern shape
- A line-thin body at the very bottom of the candle's range.
- A long upper wick, at least 60 percent of the full range.
- Sumbu bawah hampir tidak ada, di bawah 15 persen rentang, siluetnya seperti huruf T terbalik.
General meaning
A period that was pushed far up and then closed back near its open. None of the rise within the period held until the candle finished. What it shows is rejection of higher prices.
Where it usually appears
Often appears at the top of a fast rally, just below price areas that have repeatedly capped rallies, and after a brief spike that isn't followed by further volume.
Worth noting. Just like the dragonfly, a single long wick in a thin order book can form from one large order alone, especially on small-cap coins.
See live detection on the chart
The CryptoHalley chart engine marks Gravestone Doji automatically with id gravestone_doji, no extra indicator needed. Open the chart and browse the labeled candles.
FAQ
- What's the difference between a gravestone doji and a shooting star?
- It comes down to body thickness. A shooting star still leaves a visible body at the bottom of the range, while a gravestone doji's body is line-thin. CryptoHalley's engine checks the doji family first, so a candle that meets both is labeled a gravestone doji.
- Does a gravestone doji always mark a top?
- No. The pattern records that a rise within one period didn't hold, and nothing more. In a strong uptrend, gravestone doji can appear several times without the rally ever stopping.
- On which timeframe is this pattern most meaningful?
- Generally, the higher the timeframe the more attention it gets, because a daily gravestone doji sums up rejection that lasted all day, while a five-minute version only sums up five minutes.