The Bullish Abandoned Baby is one of the rarest and most powerful bullish reversal patterns. A large bearish candle is followed by a Doji that gaps down with a true gap (no overlap with candle 1’s wicks), then a large bullish candle that gaps up with a true gap (no overlap with the Doji’s wicks). The Doji is completely isolated — “abandoned” between two gap spaces — marking the exact exhaustion point of selling pressure.

How to Identify

• Candle 1: large bearish candle continuing the downtrend
• Candle 2: Doji that gaps down from candle 1 — the entire Doji range must be below candle 1’s lowest wick
• Candle 3: large bullish candle that gaps up from the Doji — must open above the Doji’s highest wick
• Both gaps must be genuine — no wick overlap with the Doji
• Extremely rare on daily charts; more common on weekly charts
• The rarer and more isolated the Doji, the stronger the signal

Market Psychology

Bears drive price to a new low with a strong session, then price gaps down further to a Doji — complete indecision at an even lower price. Then buyers explode upward, gapping above the Doji entirely. The gap-down, gap-up isolation means the Doji was the exact turning point: sellers reached their maximum conviction and found zero follow-through; buyers then took over with complete conviction. The complete isolation signals total selling exhaustion.