Tweezer bottoms form when two consecutive candles — typically a red candle followed by a green one — touch nearly the same low price. The matching lows show that buyers stepped in at the exact same level twice in a row, marking it as a defended support level.
Why it matters
- —The repeated test of the same low in consecutive sessions is what makes this pattern meaningful — it isn't just one candle's reaction.
- —More reliable when the second (green) candle closes well above the matching low, showing genuine buying follow-through.
- —Works as a support-level confirmation tool as much as a standalone reversal trigger.
How to read it
| After a downtrend | Bullish reversal signal at a defended low |
| Second candle closes strongly | Higher-confidence signal |
| Lows don't closely match | Pattern doesn't qualify — treat as noise |