Candlesticks

A single candle where open equals close. With no real body, the cross-shaped glyph records a session that ended where it began — a draw between buyers and sellers, drawn in silence.

A two-candle reversal in which the second body wholly engulfs the first. A single session rewrites yesterday entirely — a decisive vote, one of candlestick analysis's most reliable reversal signals.

Identical shape, opposite meaning. A small body sitting atop a long lower shadow — a Hammer at the bottom of a decline, a Hanging Man at the top of a rally. Context decides everything.

A two-candle pattern in which a small second candle sits entirely inside the body of a large first candle. *Harami* means 'pregnant' in Japanese — the first candle carrying the second. The record of a trend that ran out of breath.

A candle with no shadows — body only, from open to close. The Marubozu is the purest expression of conviction a single bar can show: one side took control at the open and the other never raised its voice.

A three-candle bullish reversal at the lows of a downtrend. The mirror of the Evening Star, and one of the most reliable buy signals in candlestick analysis.

Two-candle reversal patterns where day two punches deep into the prior body before closing. Less decisive than an Engulfing, more eloquent than a Harami — the trap of the opening gap, betrayed by the close.

Identical shape, opposite meaning. A small body sitting below a long upper shadow — a Shooting Star at the top of a rally, an Inverted Hammer at the bottom of a decline. The mirror image of the Hammer and Hanging Man.

A small body flanked by upper and lower shadows of nearly equal length. Not quite a Doji — but a close cousin that records a session where both sides showed up in force and neither truly won.

Three consecutive long bearish candles at the top of an uptrend. Especially feared in equities — not a one-day panic but three days of methodical, sustained selling.

Three consecutive long bullish candles, each opening within the prior body and closing near its high. A strong continuation signal that marks the start of a new uptrend or a powerful breakout from consolidation.

Two or more candles whose highs (or lows) align almost exactly. The matching extreme is the level itself — a record of price tested twice and rejected twice at the same point.

Body and wick. Two elements that draw market psychology. Marubozu, spinning tops, hammers, shooting stars, doji — what the basic forms say about the battle within.

A three-candle reversal pattern appearing at the top of uptrends. One of the most reliable bearish reversal signals in candlestick analysis.