A single candle tells you who won the period: bulls (buyers) or bears (sellers). The body shows the range, the wicks show rejection.
Patterns like engulfing, pin bars and inside bars describe momentum shifts. They are context-dependent and are best used at meaningful levels, not in the middle of a chart.
No single pattern is a system. It becomes useful when combined with a level, a trend and a fixed risk.
Draw and review these patterns in your journal. Repetition is how the eye learns them.
Takeaways
- A candle shows the open-high-low-close and who won the period.
- Patterns are context-dependent and work best at meaningful levels.
- No single pattern is a system; combine with levels, trend and fixed risk.
Self-check
Why are candlestick patterns not a system on their own?
They need context (level, trend, risk) to be useful and their signal strength varies.
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