Harami (Inside Bar)
Also called: inside bar
A two-candle pattern where a small candle's body sits entirely inside the prior large candle's body — a sign the trend is losing steam.
Harami means 'pregnant' in Japanese: a large candle is followed by a small one whose body is contained within it. The shrinking range after a big move signals momentum is fading and the trend may pause or reverse.
A bullish harami appears after a downtrend (a small up candle inside a big red one); a bearish harami after an uptrend. It's the near-opposite of an engulfing pattern — here the second candle is the small one.
On StockSetups
StockSetups reads the harami as an indecision/exhaustion confirmation in its candlestick set, weighed alongside the chart pattern rather than traded alone.
Scan the whole market free →Related terms
Get daily signals & real-time alerts.
StockSetups scans ~12,300 US stocks & ETFs after every close and sorts every long setup into four ranked lanes — each with a trade plan — plus an always-on engine firing 35+ real-time intraday alerts. Free for 14 days, cancel in one click.
Start free — 14-day full access →