Two or more candles with matching highs at the top of a rally — price hit the same ceiling twice and was rejected.
The first candle is usually bullish and the second bearish, but both reach almost exactly the same high. The equal highs show buyers could not push past that level.
It signals a potential top and bearish reversal, especially at a known resistance level. Confirmation is a lower close after the pair.
Look for two adjacent candles whose highs line up almost perfectly, typically after an uptrend. The clearer the shared high, the stronger the signal.
Never trade a single candle in isolation. It only carries weight with context — location at a key level, the prevailing trend, and confirmation from the next candle or from volume. On its own it is a hint, not a signal.
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