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Interactive course · Intermediate

Candlestick Patterns: Read what a candle shows, not what it’s called

Learn the handful of candle patterns worth knowing (strong closes, doji, pin bars, engulfing, inside bars and stars) by reading the behaviour behind them: who had control, where the candle formed and what happened at the close. Then see what the research says, and use a pattern the way it works best: as a trigger inside a plan.

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  • 55 minutes in total
  • 82 activities
  • First lesson free, no account needed; the rest with a free account
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Learn it in minutes, then use it

Each lesson is a few short ideas, each one tried straight away in a small activity: a calculation, a chart to mark up, a trade to take or skip.

  • Read who had control from any candle’s body, wicks and close
  • Spot strong closes, indecision, pin bars, engulfing and inside bars from their real proportions
  • Judge a pattern by where it formed, not by its name
  • Place the stop beyond the point that proves a pattern wrong
  • See a pattern on one timeframe as a move on a lower one
  • Use a pattern as the trigger inside Context, Zone, Trigger, Risk, Manage
Unit 1

Read the candle

  1. Read behaviour, not namesBody, wicks, the close and size: what every candle is telling you.6 min · 8 activities · Free
  2. Strong closes and small bodiesThe strong-close candle, and the doji family as one idea: indecision.6 min · 9 activities
  3. Rejection: pin barsHammers and shooting stars, measured properly, with the invalidation point.6 min · 9 activities
  4. Location changes the meaningHammer or hanging man, zone or mid-range, with the trend or against it.6 min · 9 activities
Unit 2

Two- and three-candle patterns

  1. Engulfing and outside barsWhen control flips in one candle, and why forex needs a stricter rule.6 min · 9 activities
  2. Inside barsA pause inside the mother bar, the break, and where the risk sits.6 min · 9 activities
  3. Stars and three-candle momentumMorning and evening stars without the gap, and soldiers and crows as momentum.6 min · 10 activities
Unit 3

Patterns in a plan

  1. Zoom inOne candle is a move on a lower timeframe, so wait for the close.6 min · 9 activities
  2. A pattern is a trigger, not a planEntries, stops and size, what the research says, and grading pattern setups.7 min · 10 activities

General education, not financial advice. Examples use made-up numbers.

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