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Open and close are virtually equal — a tug-of-war between bulls and bears. Signals indecision, often a reversal at the end of a trend.
A doji with extremely long upper AND lower wicks. Maximum indecision — both sides fought hard but neither won.
Open, high and close are all near the top of the range. A long lower wick shows buyers rejected the lows aggressively.
Open, low and close are all near the bottom. Long upper wick shows sellers rejected the highs.
Small body at the top with a long lower wick (at least 2× the body). Looks like a hammer driving in a support level.
Small body at the bottom with a long upper wick. Same as a shooting star, but appears at a downtrend bottom.
Same shape as a hammer, but appears at the TOP of an uptrend. Long lower wick warns that bears are starting to fight back.
Small body at the bottom, long upper wick. Mirror image of a hammer, appearing at a top.
Small real body with longer upper AND lower wicks. Body can be red or green — indecision either way.
A long green candle with no (or barely any) wicks. Open is the low, close is the high. Pure buying pressure.
A long red candle with no wicks. Open is the high, close is the low. Pure selling pressure.
A small red candle is completely engulfed by the next, larger green candle. Bulls take over decisively.
A small green candle completely engulfed by the next, larger red candle. Bears take over.
Two candles with almost identical HIGHS. Bulls rejected from the same level twice — a double-top in miniature.
Two candles with almost identical LOWS. Sellers couldn't push lower twice — support holds.
A large red candle followed by a small green candle whose body fits entirely inside the previous candle's body.
A large green candle followed by a small red candle whose body sits inside the previous candle's body.
A long red candle followed by a green candle that opens BELOW the prior low and closes more than halfway up the red candle's body.
A long green candle followed by a red candle that opens ABOVE the prior high and closes more than halfway down the green body.
A bearish marubozu followed by a bullish marubozu that gaps up. Most aggressive of all reversal patterns.
A bullish marubozu followed by a bearish marubozu that gaps down. Aggressive bearish flip.
Long red candle → small-bodied candle (often gapping down) → long green candle that closes deep into the first body.
Long green candle → small-bodied candle (often gapping up) → long red candle that closes deep into the first body.
Three consecutive long green candles, each opening within the previous body and closing near its high.
Three consecutive long red candles, each opening within the previous body and closing near its low.
A bullish harami (red then small green inside) followed by a third green candle closing above the first candle's open.
A bearish harami followed by a third red candle closing below the first candle's open.
A bullish engulfing followed by a third green candle continuing higher. Confirms the engulfing.
A bearish engulfing followed by a third red candle continuing lower.
A long green candle, three small red candles inside its range, then another long green candle making a new high.
A long red candle, three small green candles inside its range, then another long red candle making a new low.
A long green candle that opens at the day's LOW (no lower wick) after a downtrend.
A long red candle that opens at the day's HIGH (no upper wick) after an uptrend.
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