Shooting Star

Install and import#

npm install fintech-algorithms

import { shootingStar } from "fintech-algorithms/price-action-and-candlesticks/single-candle-patterns/shooting-star";

Signature#

shootingStar(inputs)

Evaluates one candle against explicit shooting-star geometry, scale, and uptrend context conventions.

Parameters#

Returns#

{ topic_id, pattern, matched, state, direction, trend_context, required_context, body, upper_shadow, lower_shadow, range, body_scale, range_scale, history_count, geometry_score, checks, failed_checks }

One pattern record. state is warmup, wrong-context, matched, or not-matched; this is not a positional series.

Warm-up#

The first 5 prior observations positions are state: warmup. The detector returns one readiness record before five prior body/range observations are available; it does not emit a positional null prefix.

Errors#

• When OHLC, history, context, or tick-size input violates the data contract — throws

Complexity: time , space .

Worked example#

executed Captured by running this function on the input its own test provides. Real output of real code — but not asserted against a published figure.

Input#

{
  "current": {
    "open": 100,
    "high": 103,
    "low": 99.8,
    "close": 101
  },
  "prior_bodies": [2, 2.2, 1.8, 2.1, 1.9, 2],
  "prior_ranges": [5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5],
  "trend_context": "uptrend",
  "tick_size": 0.1
}

Call#

shootingStar(inputs)

Returns#

object with 17 fields: topic_id, pattern, matched, state, direction, trend_context, required_context, body, …

{
  "topic_id": "D06-F02-A09",
  "pattern": "Shooting Star",
  "matched": true,
  "state": "matched",
  "direction": "bullish",
  "trend_context": "uptrend",
  "required_context": "uptrend",
  "body": 1,
  "upper_shadow": 2,
  "lower_shadow": 0.20000000000000284,
  "range": 3.200000000000003,
  "body_scale": 2,
  "range_scale": 5,
  "history_count": 10
}

Showing 14 of 17 fields.

Other exports#

This module also exports calculate, shadowToBodyRatio, gapClassification, trendContextFilter, doji, dragonflyDoji, gravestoneDoji, marubozu, spinningTop, hammer, hangingMan, invertedHammer, bullishEngulfing, bearishEngulfing, bullishHarami, bearishHarami, piercingLine, darkCloudCover, tweezerTop, tweezerBottom. Every module additionally exports run as an alias of its primary function, and a meta object carrying its catalog id, domain, family, shape and article URL.

Diagrams#

How it works#

This page states the contract — how to call it correctly. The article explains the concept: why it works, and where it breaks.

Read the article →

References#

• Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, Second Edition — Steve Nison
• CMT Program Guide 2026 — CMT Association
• Candlestick Settings — TA-Lib project
• Shooting Star recognizer — TA-Lib project
• Evidence boundary

The rest of the Single-Candle Patterns family#

• DojiEvaluates one candle against the repository's explicit doji geometry and scale convention.
• Dragonfly DojiEvaluates one candle against the repository's explicit dragonfly-doji geometry and scale convention.
• Gravestone DojiEvaluates one candle against the repository's explicit gravestone-doji geometry and scale convention.
• MarubozuEvaluates one candle against the repository's explicit marubozu geometry and scale convention.
• Spinning TopEvaluates one candle against the repository's explicit spinning-top geometry and scale convention.
• HammerEvaluates one candle against explicit hammer geometry, scale, and downtrend context conventions.
• Hanging ManEvaluates one candle against explicit hanging-man geometry, scale, and uptrend context conventions.
• Inverted HammerEvaluates one candle against explicit inverted-hammer geometry, scale, and downtrend context conventions.