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The hanging man and the hammer are both candlestick patterns that indicate trend reversal. The only difference between the two is the nature of the trend in which they appear. If the pattern appears in a chart with an upward trend indicating a bearish reversal, it is called the hanging man. If it appears in a downward trend indicating a bullish reversal, it is a hammer. When a hanging man forms in an uptrend, it indicates that buyers have lost their strength. While demand has been pushing the stock price higher, on this day, there was significant selling. While buyers managed to bring the price back to near the open, the initial sell-off is an indication that a growing number of investors think the price has peaked. For believers in candlestick trading, the pattern provides an opportunity to sell existing long positions or even go short in anticipation of a price decline.
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