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Piercing Pattern

Piercing Pattern is a bullish reversal pattern where the second candle opens below the first’s low but closes more than halfway into the first candle’s body.

Method

tm.ta.cdlpiercing(source_open, source_high, source_low, source_close)

Inputs

ParameterArgument typeDescriptionDefault Value
source_openpd.SeriesOpen prices series-
source_highpd.SeriesHigh prices series-
source_lowpd.SeriesLow prices series-
source_closepd.SeriesClose prices series-

Outputs

OutputType
cdlpiercingnp.ndarray

Example usage

strategy.py
import tradomate as tm
@tm.strategy()
def my_strategy(config: tm.TradomateConfig, data: tm.TradomateData):
# Trying out Piercing Pattern
cdlpiercing = tm.ta.cdlpiercing(data.open, data.high, data.low, data.close)
# Get the last value and print
last_value = cdlpiercing.iloc[-1]
tm.log(f"Last value of Piercing Pattern is {last_value}")
# Plot the values of cdlpiercing
tm.plot(cdlpiercing, title="Piercing Pattern", overlay=False)