Spinning Top
Small real body with longer upper AND lower wicks. Body can be red or green — indecision either way.
Clean view of the spinning top in isolation.
Appears at the end of a trend — wait for confirmation.
Always required — spinning tops alone are noise.
Sign of indecision; can appear anywhere but most relevant after an extended trend.
The psychology behind it
Buyers and sellers were both active but neither could close price meaningfully in their favour. Trend losing steam.
Like every candlestick pattern, the Spinning Top is a probabilistic signal — not a guarantee. The strongest setups appear at clear support / resistance levels, with a directional bias from higher timeframes, and ideally with volume confirmation. Always combine candlestick reads with structure and trend context.
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