Trading Candle-sticks Pattern Setups

Trading Candlesticks Consolidation Pattern and Candles Continuation Pattern

Depending on the size and shape of a candle it is possible to determine strength of buyers or sellers. Likewise it's also possible to determine underlying weakness of the buyers & sellers.

Long Body Trading Candlesticks

Candlesticks with long bodies show that there were a lot of buyers/sellers, depending on the color of the candlestick.

When price makes a huge move from the opening price to the closing price it shows the strength of buyers/sellers.

Long Blue Candles - Strength of Buyers

Long Red Candlesticks - Strength of Sellers

Long Body Candles

Short Body Candlesticks

Candlesticks with short bodies show that there were not so many buyers/sellers and the price did not move much from the opening price to the closing price.

These show that the buyers/sellers were not very strong.

Short Body Candle-sticks

Marubozu Candlestick

Marubozu are long candlesticks that have no upper or lower shadows, Like the ones displayed and shown below.

Marubozu Crude Candles

Marubozu are continuing candlestick setups that show price is going to continue in same direction as that of the marubozu candle. The marubozu can be white/blue or Black/red depending on the direction of the trend.

Marubozu Trading Candlesticks

White marubozu - the open is also the low & the close is also the high.

Marubozu means there were no retracements during that price period and therefore highlights that buyers were in total control of the price.

White Marubozu is a continuation pattern meaning that the next candle is likely to continue in same upwards trend direction.

Black marubozu - the open is also the high & the close is also low.

Marubozu means there were no retracements and therefore shows that sellers were in total control of the price.

Black Marubozu is a continuation pattern meaning that the next candlestick is likely to continue in same downwards trend direction.