Hammer

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

Market bias classification: bullish. Pattern family: single.

Japanese 'takuri' (fishing line) variant; cornerstone single-candle reversal teaching.

Alternative names: Takuri. Japanese name: ハンマー.

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 Hammer. Treat qualitative classifiers (difficulty / relative score) as editorial guidance, not backtest proof.