Three White Soldiers / Three Black Crows — what it is and how to use it in trading
Definition
Three White Soldiers is three consecutive rising candles, each closing near its own high. Three Black Crows is the mirror bearish pattern: three consecutive falling candles, each closing near its own low. Both read as sustained same-direction pressure bar after bar, rather than a single spike.
How it works in the builder
three_white_soldiers/three_black_crows are boolean operands with no parameters: each of the three consecutive candles must open inside the body of the previous one and keep small wicks — a sign of steady pressure bar after bar, rather than one big move followed by indecision.
What it looks like on the chart
Three same-colored candles in a staircase, each opening inside the body of the one before and closing near its own extreme — small wicks throughout, unlike one long-bodied candle.
Typical use
Typical condition: three_white_soldiers == 1 as a continuation/reversal-confirmation signal, often paired with a trend filter such as adx(14) > 25.
Common pitfalls
Because it spans three full candles, confirmation comes late — a meaningful part of the move has already happened. After three strong same-direction candles a short-term pullback on exhaustion is also common, so chasing the pattern without context is risky.
This block is available in the strategy builder
137 no-code blocks — build an entry condition with this term and test it on history
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Three White Soldiers
Block variants
Three Black Crows