Candlestick Patterns

Tweezer Bottom (and Top)

Also called: tweezer top, tweezers

Two candles that bottom at nearly the same low on consecutive sessions — a short-term bullish reversal as support holds twice.

matched lows
Schematic of a tweezer bottom (and top) — illustrative geometry, not a live price chart.

A tweezer bottom forms when two adjacent candles share almost the same low — typically a down candle followed by an up candle that tests and holds the same level. The matched lows show sellers failed to push lower a second time.

Its mirror, the tweezer top, has two matching highs and warns of a short-term top. Tweezers are stronger at a level that already mattered and when the second candle reverses convincingly.

On StockSetups

StockSetups treats tweezers as short-term reversal confirmations at support or resistance, layered onto the chart-pattern read.

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