• The hikkake pattern is a price pattern used by technical analysts and traders in the hope of identifying a short-term move in the direction of the market.

  • This pattern has two different setups, one of which implies a short-term downward price movement, and the second setup implies a short-term uptrend in price.
  • The hikkake pattern seems to work based on traders’ expectation that the price will move in one direction and then when the price reverses, everything will collapse together.