Candlestick Pattern Quiz: Name the Pattern
Ten questions, real candle charts, instant score. Every answer comes with what the pattern means and when it fails, so a wrong guess still teaches you something.
This free quiz draws real candlestick patterns and asks you to name them: ten questions per run, picked at random from 24 patterns, scored instantly. Every answer explains what the pattern means and the situation where it usually fails. No signup, no email, nothing to download, and your score stays in your browser.
Name the pattern
How to use this quiz
Each question draws a real candle sequence and asks you to name it. Pick an answer and the explanation appears straight away, including the honest part most cheat sheets skip: the situation where that pattern usually fails. Your score is kept only in this browser tab.
If you want the reference first, the candlestick patterns cheat sheet has every pattern in this quiz with a diagram, and how to read candlestick charts covers the anatomy of a single candle.
A quiz proves you can name it. Chart Bound proves you can spot it live: the same patterns on real historical charts, one candle at a time.
Play free, no signup →Why naming patterns is the easy half
Recognising a hammer in a static picture is a memory test. Trading it is a different skill: you have to see it forming on the right side of the chart, at a level that mattered before the candle printed, and then decide whether the context supports it. That is why every explanation here talks about where the pattern sits, not just its shape.
What to do after the quiz
- Score under 5: read the cheat sheet and retake it. The questions are drawn at random each time.
- Score 5-8: work on the pairs people mix up - hammer and hanging man, inverted hammer and shooting star. They are the same shapes in different places.
- Score 9-10: move to context. Price action and smart money concepts cover where these candles actually matter.
Patterns covered
Single candles (hammer, inverted hammer, shooting star, hanging man, doji, spinning top, marubozu, pin bar), two-candle patterns (bullish and bearish engulfing, tweezers, harami, piercing line, dark cloud cover) and three-candle or longer sequences (morning and evening star, three white soldiers, three black crows, three inside up and down, rising and falling three methods).
Frequently asked questions
Is this candlestick quiz free?
Yes. It runs in your browser with no signup, no email and no download, and your score is not sent anywhere.
How many questions are there?
Ten per run, drawn at random from 24 patterns, so each attempt is different.
Do candlestick patterns work?
They describe what buyers and sellers did in a period. They are not predictions, and the same shape means different things in different places on the chart, which is why every answer here explains the context and when the pattern fails.
Where can I practise spotting them live?
Chart Bound is a free browser game that shows real historical charts and asks you to read them one candle at a time.
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