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Candlesticks
What single candles and short candle groups show about buyers and sellers.
- Bearish engulfingA large red candle whose body completely covers the prior green candle's body.
- Bullish engulfingA large green candle whose body completely covers the prior red candle's body.
- CandlestickA price bar that shows the open, high, low and close for a period.
- Dark cloud coverA red candle that opens above the prior green candle's high and closes below its midpoint.
- DojiA candle where the open and close are nearly equal, showing indecision.
- Evening starA three-candle bearish reversal: a long green candle, a small candle, then a long red candle.
- HammerA small-bodied candle with a long lower wick, appearing after a decline.
- Hanging manA hammer-shaped candle that appears after an advance.
- HaramiA small candle contained inside the body of the prior large candle.
- Inverted hammerA small-bodied candle with a long upper wick, appearing after a decline.
- MarubozuA candle with a full body and little or no wicks.
- Morning starA three-candle bullish reversal: a long red candle, a small candle, then a long green candle.
- Piercing lineA green candle that opens below the prior red candle's low and closes above its midpoint.
- Shooting starA small-bodied candle with a long upper wick, appearing after an advance.
- Spinning topA small-bodied candle with wicks on both sides.
- Three white soldiersThree consecutive long green candles, each closing higher than the last.
- Wick (shadow)The thin line above or below a candle's body marking the extreme price.
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