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Takuri: shadow down - trend reversal Takuri: shadow down - candles confirmed reversal The main thing that everyone is interested in is, of course, what candles can confirm a market reversal. One of the main candles immediately pointed out by the Japanese is the Takuri. The Americans called it a pin bar, where a pin is the shadow of a candle, which is longer than the body. Another name is "Hanging Man". A lot of names, the essence is the same. According to the Japanese, the color and the size of the body of such a candle is not very important. The main thing is the lower shadow, which is much longer than the body. Such candles certainly reflect investor psychology. Here this long shadow is an indication that the bulls were significantly stronger than the bears during the candles. Of all the candles in existence, pinbar have the strongest signal. It should be interpreted using trends, channels, support/resistance and other candles, as well as confirmed. Remember: Pinbars cannot be used as an independent signal. If you can find a good confirmation for the pinbars, however, they can become the basis or addition to your trading strategy. As a result, quite a few systems are based on pinbars. Push like if you think this is a useful idea! Write your comments and questions here! Thanks for your support!
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by Yuriy_Bishko
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GJ 120 pips Sells BreakdownPrice broke below the support we highlighted, however as there was no lower wick on the 1h breakout candle, price had no clear range to move down, so instead of moving to the lower timeframes to look for selling confirmations, I stayed on the 1h timeframe and decided to look for a break and retest setup, as it was not on a lower timeframe my confidence for this trade was pretty good. As soon as we tapped into the broken support zone, I took an entry with half of my usual risk, stops were above the previous candle and my TP was highlighted on the chart. Profits were taken at each of the support zones as we tapped into them, this lowered our risk and secured profits. When we hit our final target, we removed our TP and let 10% of the trade run, the target for this was 135.887, as this was a possible rejection zone and also 120 pips profit. This target was also hit before price formed support to continue back up.
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by rhf_fx
📖 Japanese candlestick charts. Part 2Hello, we continue to study candlesticks. ⚡️ Maximal/minimal 🔶 For this it is desirable for reversal candlestick to have its own high/low. In addition to the convenience of placing stop-loss on them, its own minimum/maximum also increases the chances for a long term trend after such reversal. The reason for this is in the market reflectivity, all the patterns don’t just work on their own, but they also contain market’s psychology and the methodology of huge amounts of smart money. When there is a decrease in demand and supply, smart money form the least resistant trend, and they trade! 🔶 You have probably noticed a few times that the figure’s/pattern’s price could move into the opposite direction that you expected. There are reasons for that, patterns have the necessary to complete conditions, simply of which not many know about. Even if all the necessary conditions are complete while forming a pattern, there is always a chance that the price will go opposite direction due to a number of reasons, of which we are going to talk about later. Now, you should note that its important to analyse candlesticks, as they help you to minimize risk while trading patterns. 🔶 Even though candlesticks look simple, they are a solid foundation for successful trading. They help you to find the optimal points to enter and exit trading in any patterns or whether you are trading using levels, or even if you are witnessing “third Elliott wave”... This is just a small bit of information about such a simple tool called Japanese candlesticks. 📌 Hint: if a trend is moving into a higher timeframe, you should also move to the same timeframe and start searching for reversal candlestick models at a long distance. This gives you the opportunity to trade for the entire trend duration. ⚡️ Harami 🔶 "Uptake", "Hammer" and "Cloud Silver Lining" models are common reversal patterns. There are many more forms in candlestick analysis that indicate an forthcoming reversal. One of them is the "Harami" pattern: the first candlestick is large, and the second one is small, it may be a "Spinning Top" or a "Doji", but in any case, the figure of the second candlestick is inside the first one's figure. They appear both at the top of the market and at the bottom. 🔶 The peculiarity of the "Harami" model is the uncertainty of the market at the time of its appearance. Therefore, it is recommended to wait for confirmation. 📌 The following candlestick of the corresponding color can act as confirmation: green for a bullish reversal, and red for a bearish one.
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by I.T.Analytics
Forex Price Action AnalysisHere we have Really good Setup and price also holding Very well 1) we have very big Wick (shadow) Candle this is the alert time in any trade. 2) we have doji which is for reversal (not all the time) but Volume is good 3) we made bullish candle and bouncing from Support support is Solid. so when we find the good Support we are ready to buy the retest as always so here we are buying the retest with stop loss below Support so here we got really decent profit with very small stop loss. and good gain
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by akashinvestor
Bearish Engulfing Pattern | AUDUSDThe Bearish Engulfing pattern consists of two candles. First one is a small upward candle followed by large bearish candle. The bearish candle must absorbs completely the previous one formed during the uptrend. The bearish candle is not required to cover the shadows of bullish candle. Requirements for validity: 1. Market in uptrend; 2. Small bullish candle; 3. Second one is large and bearish that compleately cover the bullishcandle. Tips: These are standard trading rules. There are many more specifics about order placement that I will reveal in the next posts! 1. Do not trade by candlestick analysis only! 2. Always do combine at least two or more analysis! 3. For example: - trend analysis (always works); - support & resistance analysis; - Fibonacci. 4. Follow us for more tips and analysis! Recommendations: Confirmation in the form of a downward candle with a closing price lower than the previous one or a downward gap is recommended, to be sure that the trend is reversing!
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by ForexTrendline
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INTERESTING BOOKS 2Remember to follow me, I’m a trader who uses the classic technical analysis (barely any indicator, just the candles and the volume). Like this idea if it helped. Thank you very much. * LIKE this idea and FOLLOW me, because: - Here, you will see clean charts; - Trades with clear risk management; - The best of Dow Theory, Price Action and Candlestick psychology; - Chart patterns with statistics. * * My name is Nathan, I'm a trader and portfolio manager and I'm here to LEARN. Leave your COMMENT and FOLLOW me to keep in touch. *
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by Nathan_The_Finance_Hydra
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An introduction to Bar or Candlestick patternsBar patterns consist of one, two or few bars. Their usefulness lies in the fact that they can trigger signals at a relatively early stage in the development of a new trend and usually offer good benchmarks for traders to place low-risk stops. Overall, when considering these patterns, one key factor in determining their significance is the size of the pattern. Note this please because it is very important. Among other characteristics, this helps one to distinguish a high probability from low probability pattern. But size is measured relative to the preceding bars. These patterns are quite impressive to study because although they act short-term in influencing or moving price, they are quite reliable in their ability to signal short-term trend reversals. Even when a trend is long-term, they can develop at the final points in the trend just when it wants to reverse. One fact you should note is that not all of these patterns are created equal. By evaluating the criteria for the validity of these patterns, you should be able to distinguish between high probability signals from low probability ones. Only take high probability valid signals when you see them on a chart. General principles of bar pattern interpretation: Some of the general principles for interpreting these patterns are outlined below: 1. For these formations to be effective there must be something for them to reverse. That means top reversals should be preceded by a meaningful rally, and bottom formations should be preceded by a sharp selloff. As a general rule, the stronger the preceding trend, the more powerful the effect of the bar price pattern. This chart, a EURGBP chart, shows an example. 2. The formations generally reflect an exhaustion point. In the case of an uptrend, such patterns develop when buyers have temporarily pushed prices up too far and need a rest. In the case of a downtrend, there is little if any supply because sellers have liquidated their positions. That is why these patterns are always associated with a reversal in the prevailing trend. In the EURGBP chart above, notice how the momentum of the sell-off has dropped significantly and each bar had low volatility before the pattern appeared. 3. Not all patterns are created equal. The presence of one of these patterns on a chart does not necessarily guarantee a quick, profitable price reversal. Some patterns show some of the characteristics in a very strong way while others in a mild way. Therefore, you need to apply common sense to their interpretation. Take only patterns that show a high probability which some have called 5-star patterns. The USDCHF chart below shows a bullish pin bar that failed because it was trading into a barrier, resistance, when it should be trading away from a barrier. 4. Occasionally, it is possible to observe some form of confirmation closely following or even during the development of these patterns. Some examples could be the pattern being a large pattern, the violation of a trendline, or its formation at a support and resistance zone. These increases the odds that the pattern is a valid signal as well as significant. Relationship to Japanese candlestick patterns: Although these patterns were discovered when bar charts were widely used and hence the name, you could use candlestick charts for their analysis since bar charts and candlesticks share the same data presentation which is the same open, high, low, and close (OHLC) of price within a specified time. They also share a relationship to traditional Japanese candlestick patterns that are widely used for centuries. Anyone familiar with Japanese candlestick patterns would readily see the similarities and be able to use these bar patterns quickly. If you want an overview of Japanese candlesticks patterns you can read the classic book by Steve Nison on the subject titled “Japanese candlestick charting techniques.” So, when you see bar in subsequent notes, you can replace it with candlestick. Note: Make sure these patterns form tops and bottoms, that is, swing highs and swing lows, before trading them.
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by Emekadavid
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[Candlestick] Lesson 1: How to Read a Candlestick?What is a candlestick? A candlestick is a type of price chart used that displays the high, low, open, and closing prices of a security for a specific period. We usually denote bullish (upward price movement) with a green candle and bearish (downward price movement) with a red candle. Candlestick Formation Body : Formed by the opening and closing price of a candle. High Price : The highest price reached by that candle. Low Price : The lowest price reached by that candle. (For e.g. If we look at a H1 timeframe chart, the candle will show the highest and lowest price reached in that hour.) Open Price : The price at which the candle opened its price at. Close Price : The price at which the candle closed its price at. (May see a gap in price opening from previous candle. Not all candle are continuous) Upper wick/shadow : Shows the difference in price level of the high price and the body's high price. (Line above the body) Lower wick/shadow : Shows the difference in price level of the low price and the body's low price. (Line below the body) Not all candle need to have an upper wick or a lower wick. Why is it so? This is because the price did not have much rejection be it to the bearish or bullish side. I will further elaborate some candlestick patterns that require us to take note of its wick/shadow in the next tutorial post. Stay tune!!! Upcoming Lesson: Lesson 2: Candlestick pattern and its impact
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by YGForex
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DOUBLE BOTTOM PATTERN, How to trade it...DOUBLE BOTTOM It is a reversal pattern and it forms in a Downtrend It consists of a lower low followed by a point that is unable to make a lower low, after that price will start making higher lows instead of lower lows. This is a sign that the down move is over and price has the potential to reverse to the upside. HOW TO TRADE IT: This pattern usually occurs after price form a descending channel, we wait for a breakout of the descending trendline as well as the resistance level that will become future support and then we wait for a bullish corrective structure such as ''Flag/Wedge/Triangle'' to buy on a breakout. *Thankyou for reading*
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by Stargazer_fx
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BASICS TECHNICAL ANALYSIS - TREND - SUPPORT - RESISTANCESimple explanation about trend, support and resistance. A trend can move in two directions. An uptrend defined by higher lows and higher highs, or a downtrend defined by lower highs and lower lows. Then there is the sideways phase . As the name suggests, there is no trend here. The trend line will be pulled upwards along the significant lows during an uptrend and pulled up the significant highs during the uptrend. Common mistakes with a candlestick chart (candles chart) which I could observe here: The lines are partially pulled along the candle bodies and that is FALSE. If there is a shadow, then the line is drawn on the shadow and not on the body!!! Resistance: When a price moves from the bottom to the top and pull back on the same point (price) over and over again. Support: When a short moves from the top to the bottom and pull back on the same point (price) over and over again.
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by i-like-profit
How I Treat Candle Opens/Closes and Their SignificanceIn my view, there is nothing fundamentally important about a candle closing above or below a certain price. Yet, I still regularly use a candle close or open to describe a trading idea, and for good reason. To start with, most people clearly understand what I mean if I say something like 'If the weekly candle closes above 8100...' but the significance of a weekly candle close above 8100 has nothing or very little to do with the fact that a market traded above 8100 at 00:00 UTC on a Monday. The distinction I use for price action with regards to candle closes is nothing more than the inclination for a market to trade near a certain price range and not instantly get rejected. . In our example above, it is very different if price has been trading at 7600 on Sunday at 10 p.m. and proceeds to climb to 8100 by 00:00 a.m. on Monday, than if price has been trading at 7900-8100 for a whole weekend and closes above 8100. There is a lot of value in understanding how a candle opened or closed and to not assume all candles are created equally if their OHLC numbers are identical. This is why a trading strategy with multiple time frames is a must when using bars/candles to read price action. Wish I had more time to go over a couple of examples, but the concept is very simple and I hope all of you understand the gist of the idea behind it.
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by coinselor
Finding key support and resistance levels in currency pairs FX_IDC:EURINR First of all, the most important thing to remember is the support and resistance levels are not exact numbers. Often times you will see that market broke the support/resistance level but in reality, it was just testing that level. To filter out these false breakouts you should think of support and resistance more of as "zones" instead of actual figures. So how do you find these zones? One way of doing it is to plot support and resistance on a line chart rather than a candlestick chart because the line chart plots only closing price. Sometimes candlesticks add extreme lows and highs to the picture which might be misleading because often times they are just "knee-jerk" reactions of the market because someone did something really strange for no reason. Use a weekly or a daily timeframe to find better swing lows and highs for finding support and resistance and besides that, you get the view of a bigger picture in larger timeframes and you can always use smaller timeframes to look at the smaller picture. After you plot the support and resistance zones turn your chart back to candlesticks and when price approaches the respective zones you can make use of price action and volumes to enter high probability trades. With little practice, you will be able to spot potential support and resistance areas easily.
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by Yash_Scans