Abstract :
In this era, investment is no longer something that is difficult to learn
for many people. Investment can not only be used by experts or practitioners in
the field of investment, because now everyone can easily invest. To make a
decision on the appropriate price and time to buy or sell stocks is a question that
is often discussed in trading and transactions in the capital market. Researchers
and analysts develop various ways to make informed decisions. In general, there
are 2 kind of approaches to analyzing a stock: Technical Analysis and
Fundamental Analysis. Technical Analysis is an approach that is used to analyze
stocks in a short time. Meanwhile, Fundamental Analysis is an approach that is
used to analyze stocks for a longer time period. One of the most commonly used
technical analysis tools is candlestick. For candlestick, there are 4 components of
price: O - Opening price, H - Highest price, L - Lowest price, and C - Close price.
This study used candlestick as research material to know the accuracy level of
candlestick pattern on 1 day, 2 days and 3 days at companies listed in IDX30
Stock Index during January 2014-December 2016 period.