Long Lower Shadow Candlestick Alerts
Find stocks forming a long lower candle wick with ChartsWatcher. Set the tail-to-body proportion and review lower-shadow alerts on intraday charts.
Understand the trigger
What is Lower shadow?
A lower shadow is the part of a candlestick below its body, representing prices reached below the open-to-close area. ChartsWatcher’s Lower Shadow alert looks for a long lower tail relative to the candle body, with a configurable tail-to-body proportion. The supported one-, two-, five-, and fifteen-minute choices determine the candle being inspected. The alert describes candle shape rather than requiring a particular body color.
An illustrative example
Lower shadow in practice
Imagine a candle that trades down to $22.00 but has its body clustered near $22.80. The long section below that body illustrates a lower shadow. Whether it qualifies depends on the configured tail-to-body proportion, rather than simply the fact that the stock traded below its opening price.
Make it part of your workflow
Catch the event. Keep the context.
Use ChartsWatcher to bring pronounced lower wicks into view across your chosen stocks. Inspect where the candle formed relative to a recent low or VWAP and compare it with neighboring candles. Keeping the proportion setting consistent gives your review list a clear definition instead of treating every visible wick as the same pattern.
ChartsWatcher brings your chosen alert types and filters into the same alert window. Add the data columns you want to see, then use the connected chart and news tools to explore a matching symbol.
Explore the alert windowBefore you build
A little more detail.
How do I add Lower shadow in ChartsWatcher?
Open or create an alert window and choose Lower shadow in its configuration. Select the available options that match your setup, then add filters to define which stocks can trigger it. Review matching alerts alongside a chart and the stock’s news.
What should I check before using this alert?
A long lower shadow shows an excursion below the body but does not establish durable support. Very small bodies can also make wick-to-body ratios look unusually large.
From an idea to your own scan.
Use Lower shadow with the other conditions that define your setup. Keep matching stocks, charts, and news together, with a configuration you can refine as you go.