The Harami — Japanese for “pregnant” — is a two-candle pattern in which a small candle is entirely contained within the body of the previous larger candle. It signals indecision and a potential reversal: the strong directional move of the prior candle is being absorbed. Indian traders watch for Haramis at key levels to time reversals after extended trends.<\/p>\n
The strong trend candle is followed by a session where prices stay within the prior candle’s body — a sign that the dominant side has lost momentum. The inside candle’s small size reflects indecision. When confirmed, this often precedes a reversal.<\/p>\n
If the second candle is a Doji (open = close), the pattern is called a Harami Cross. The Doji’s extreme indecision after a strong trend candle reinforces the reversal hypothesis. Harami Crosses are statistically more reliable than ordinary Haramis.<\/p>\n
Haramis show up near sector<\/a> tops and bottoms, particularly in IT and banking stocks<\/a>. Combine with RSI<\/a> divergence and proximity to support\/resistance for high-quality setups. F&O traders can structure defined-risk trades around Haramis using vertical spreads.<\/p>\n Most often yes, but failure rates rise in strong trends. Confirmation candles are key.<\/p>\n A second candle in the opposite color of the first is more bullish\/bearish.<\/p>\n Haramis specifically require the second body to be inside the first body, not just the high-low range.<\/p>\n Less reliable than daily; intraday noise creates many false signals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Harami — Japanese for “pregnant” — is a two-candle pattern in which a small candle is entirely contained within the body of the previous larger candle. It signals indecision and a potential reversal: the strong directional move of the prior candle is being absorbed. Indian traders watch for Haramis at key levels to time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12202","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"web-stories-poster-portrait":false,"web-stories-publisher-logo":false,"web-stories-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Team Lemonn","author_link":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/author\/ashu\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Harami — Japanese for “pregnant” — is a two-candle pattern in which a small candle is entirely contained within the body of the previous larger candle. It signals indecision and a potential reversal: the strong directional move of the prior candle is being absorbed. Indian traders watch for Haramis at key levels to time…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/12202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/12202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n
Is the Harami always reversal?<\/h3>\n
Does the second candle’s color matter?<\/h3>\n
What is the difference from an inside bar?<\/h3>\n
Are Haramis effective on intraday charts?<\/h3>\n