Piercing Line

Piercing Line is an officially catalogued candlestick pattern in the TradingBase Candlestick Library.

Market bias classification: bullish. Pattern family: double.

Japanese kirikomi line; traditional bullish reversal requiring meaningful but not total recovery of prior bear body.

Alternative names: Piercing Pattern. Japanese name: きりこみ線.

Historical note: Japanese candlestick analysis was popularized globally through modern technical literature; always validate geometry on your charting platform conventions (body vs wick inclusion).

Reliability is contextual. TradingBase does not publish fabricated historical win rates for Piercing Line. Treat qualitative classifiers (difficulty / relative score) as editorial guidance, not backtest proof.