Bearish Marubozu: one-sided selling with no wicks
The down-bar version of the marubozu — open at the high, close at the low — and the same exhaustion-versus-momentum question in reverse.
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Open the chartWhat it measures
A bearish marubozu opens at or near the bar’s high and closes at or near its low, with no meaningful wick on either end.
It measures uninterrupted selling for the full duration of the bar.
How it is calculated
These are the steps Basis performs, verified against the published definition.
- 1
Open equals or is within a small tolerance of the bar’s high.
- 2
Close equals or is within a small tolerance of the bar’s low.
- 3
No meaningful wick on either side.
How to read it
- Strongest as a breakdown confirmation bar, closing through a support level with no wick showing buyers stepped in at any point.
- In an already-extended decline, the same bar can just as easily mark capitulation as the start of a new leg down.
Where it misleads
Treating every bearish marubozu as a fresh sell signal ignores that the bar could be the final, exhausted leg of a decline rather than its beginning.
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Updated 2026-08-27 · Educational reference, not financial advice.