Technical Analysis Plain and Simple: Charting the Markets in Your Language, Second Edition
by Michael N. Kahn
Reversal Indicators
As with Western analysis, candlesticks can forecast changes in market direction. Some have only one candle, usually with a specific shape. Others have two or more candles combining simple candles into more exotic shapes.
The simplest reversal pattern is the umbrella candlestick. It gets its name from its somewhat remote resemblance to a rain umbrella. However, it can be more objectively recognized by two features: 1) a spinning top real body at the upper end of the entire trading range, with little or no upper shadow, and 2) a lower shadow that is at least twice the length of the real body. The color of the real body is not important.
Umbrellas can be either bullish or bearish depending on where they appear in a trend. If ...
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