An evening star is a stock-price chart pattern used by technical analysts to detect when a trend is about to reverse. It's bearish and the opposite of a morning star.

The Shooting Star and Inverted Hammer patterns are characterized by a small body, a long upper wick, and little or no lower wick. The Shooting Star forms at the top of an uptrend, ...

A morning star is a bullish candlestick pattern in a price chart. It consists of three candles and is generally seen as a sign of a potential recovery following a downtrend.