A Technical Approach To Trend Analysis: Practical Trade Timing for Enhanced Profits
by Michael C. Thomsett
Long Candles
To begin, one of the most recognizable of all candlestick signals is the single-session long candle. This is a session with a larger than average distance between opening and closing. The candlestick consists of a rectangle, which is called the real body. The bottom of the white candlestick’s real body is the opening price for that session, and the top is the closing price. This is an upward-moving day. On a black candlestick (a downward-moving day), the opening price is the top horizontal line and the closing price is the bottom.
The color distinctions make a chart easier to read, and finding long candlesticks is easy because they stick out. However, “long” is a relative term. A chart with one-point scaling can report a long day ...
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