Japanese Candlesticks are the oldest form of technical analysis. It is a system that has been used since the 1700s to trade. In the beginning, it was used to trade and analyze rice trading. Over the centuries it has become used for many other analyses including but not limited to securities, options, and Forex.
Japanese candlestick charts display market sentiment like other charts but most would agree you get a little more insight from a candlestick chart. Basically you measure 2 parts of a candlestick, the body, and the wicks. The body can be either full or hallow, and the wick or shadows, can be long or short, or not present at all. All tell a story.
The top of the wick / shadow marks your high for the session. The low wick, below the real body marks the sessions low. The open on a hallow body is marked by the bottom of the body, and the high is the top. A full candlesticks marks its open at the top, and its bottom is the close of the session. So if price closes higher than it opens, you get a hallow candlestick. If price closes lower than it opens you get a full candlestick. (See below.)[I:0:J]
Candlestick patterns are not only more easy to read, they are also more intuitive once you get the hang of reading them. You see there are patterns with candlesticks you will soon learn to easily recognize, combine this with the intuitiveness and you have yourself a method for assessing price far superior to any other.
Different body sizes represent the distance between open and close. A longer hallow body represents a nice bullish candlestick where the close is higher than the open. A longer filled or black body represents a nice bearish session / day where the close is much lower than the open. In the flip side short bodies represent a close and open relatively close to each other.
There are also candlesticks with full bodies and no wicks/shadows. These should be noted and have a name they are called Marubozu's. The can be black or white (full / empty) and they appear when the open and close of the session are equal to the high and low. With the white/empty candlestick your high is equal to your close. With the black/full your low is equal to your close.
Another important candlestick pattern is a spinning top. Spinning tops are represented by a long or short shadow / wick and a short real body. The short body tells us that there was a small gap between the open and close. If the shadow or wick is long it tells us that the highs and lows of the day moved hard but failed to remain strong. Whichever was long tells you of potential upcoming underlying strength. [I:1:J]
Japanese candlestick charts display market sentiment like other charts but most would agree you get a little more insight from a candlestick chart. Basically you measure 2 parts of a candlestick, the body, and the wicks. The body can be either full or hallow, and the wick or shadows, can be long or short, or not present at all. All tell a story.
The top of the wick / shadow marks your high for the session. The low wick, below the real body marks the sessions low. The open on a hallow body is marked by the bottom of the body, and the high is the top. A full candlesticks marks its open at the top, and its bottom is the close of the session. So if price closes higher than it opens, you get a hallow candlestick. If price closes lower than it opens you get a full candlestick. (See below.)[I:0:J]
Candlestick patterns are not only more easy to read, they are also more intuitive once you get the hang of reading them. You see there are patterns with candlesticks you will soon learn to easily recognize, combine this with the intuitiveness and you have yourself a method for assessing price far superior to any other.
Different body sizes represent the distance between open and close. A longer hallow body represents a nice bullish candlestick where the close is higher than the open. A longer filled or black body represents a nice bearish session / day where the close is much lower than the open. In the flip side short bodies represent a close and open relatively close to each other.
There are also candlesticks with full bodies and no wicks/shadows. These should be noted and have a name they are called Marubozu's. The can be black or white (full / empty) and they appear when the open and close of the session are equal to the high and low. With the white/empty candlestick your high is equal to your close. With the black/full your low is equal to your close.
Another important candlestick pattern is a spinning top. Spinning tops are represented by a long or short shadow / wick and a short real body. The short body tells us that there was a small gap between the open and close. If the shadow or wick is long it tells us that the highs and lows of the day moved hard but failed to remain strong. Whichever was long tells you of potential upcoming underlying strength. [I:1:J]
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