what is an evening star 
an evening star is a stock price chart pattern that s used by technical analysts to detect when a trend is about to reverse it s a bearish candlestick pattern that consists of three candles a large white candlestick a small bodied candle and a red candle evening star patterns are associated with the top of a price uptrend signifying that the uptrend is nearing its end the opposite of the evening star is the morning star pattern which is viewed as a bullish indicator 