The short answer

A tweezer bottom is two adjacent candles that reach almost exactly the same low after a decline. Price tested one level twice and was supported both times, marking it as a level buyers are defending.

A tweezer bottom forming after a decline, drawn from the pattern's real open, high, low and close proportions First test Same low

Drawn to the real proportions the formation rules describe. Lead-in candles are dimmed; the pattern itself is bracketed.

  • Traditional bias Bullish
  • Type Reversal
  • Built from Two candles
  • Context After a decline

How to spot it

  • Two consecutive candles, or two very close together, share nearly the same low.
  • It forms at the bottom of a decline.
  • The bodies can differ; the matching lows are the pattern.
  • It is stronger when the second candle closes higher than the first.

What it actually means

The mirror of the tweezer top. One rejection at a low could be noise; two at essentially the same price in consecutive sessions suggests demand is waiting there rather than arriving by chance. It is a two-session double bottom and reads the same way.

What confirms it

A close above the high of the second candle, which says the level held and price is moving away from it.

What invalidates it

A close below the shared low, which removes the support the pattern is built on.

Where people get it wrong

The same tolerance problem as the tweezer top: nobody agrees how close the lows must be, so the pattern is easy to over-identify, and which direction it resolves is contested rather than settled. It is also frequently spotted mid-decline, where a pause at a level is just a pause and the trend resumes straight through it.

Common questions

Is the tweezer bottom bullish or bearish?
The traditional reading is bullish. The mirror of the tweezer top. It carries that reading only after a decline.
What confirms a tweezer bottom?
A close above the high of the second candle, which says the level held and price is moving away from it.
When does the tweezer bottom stop working?
A close below the shared low, which removes the support the pattern is built on. Beyond that, the same tolerance problem as the tweezer top: nobody agrees how close the lows must be, so the pattern is easy to over-identify, and which direction it resolves is contested rather than settled.

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Formation rules follow Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques by Steve Nison. Reviewed 2026-09-14.