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Wick (shadow)

The thin line above or below a candle's body marking the extreme price.

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Definition

An upper wick shows how high price traded before it was pushed back down. A lower wick shows how low it went before buyers pushed it back up. Long wicks mean price was rejected at that extreme.

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