Forex Candlestick Anatomy

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Across
  1. 2. A candle with a small body, that shows weak buying or selling activity
  2. 4. The filled part of the candlestick
  3. 5. Also known as the pinbar. This is a bullish reversal candlestick. This candlestick has little to no upper shadow and has a long lower shadow and small body.
  4. 9. A bearish or selling candle that is larger than the previous candle
  5. 10. A bullish reversal pattern; It consist of 3 candlesticks: 1. A long bearish body candle continuing the downtrend, 2. A small bearish or bullish body candle showing indecision or very little activity 3.A bullish candle that closes at least halfway up the first day's bearish candle.
  6. 11. Where the candlestick session began
  7. 13. Compromised of mainly strong buying activity
  8. 15. Where the candlestick session ended
  9. 19. A bullish reversal candlestick pattern. This candlestick ends up with a long lower tail with no body. It is easily identified as a capitalized letter 'T.'
  10. 20. This bearish reversal candlestick opens and closes at or near its low. It has a longer upper shadow. It is easily identified as a capitalized letter 'T,' that is upside down.
  11. 21. the sessions highest point reached
Down
  1. 1. Also known as the inverted or bearish pinbar. This is a bearish reversal candlestick. This candlestick has little to no lower shadow and has a long upper shadow and small body.
  2. 3. This candle pattern is sometimes referred to as the railroad pattern. It is a bearish reversal pattern and consist of two candlesticks. The first candle is bullish and the second is bearish. A Tweezer Top occurs during an uptrend when buyers push prices higher, often ending the session near the highs, but were not able to push the top any further.
  3. 6. A bearish reversal pattern; It consists of 3 candlesticks: 1. A long bullish body candle continuing the uptrend, 2. A small bearish or bullish body candle showing indecision or very little activity 3. A bearish candle that closes within the frame of the first candles body.
  4. 7. Also known as the inside bar. This candlestick pattern is made up of two candles. The first candle is the large one which is called the mother and the second candle is the small one, which is called the baby. The second candle should close within the frame of the first candles body.
  5. 8. A bullish or buying candle that is larger than the previous candle
  6. 12. A candle with a long body, that shows strong buying or selling activity
  7. 14. This candle pattern is sometimes referred to as the railroad pattern. It is a bullish reversal pattern and consist of two candlesticks. The first candle is bearish and the second is bullish. A Tweezer bottom occurs during a downtrend when sellers push prices lower, often ending the session near the lows, but were not able to push the bottom any further.
  8. 16. An indecision candle; The opening and closing price ends up at or near the same price level; Therefore, no real body is formed.
  9. 17. Compromised of mainly strong selling activity
  10. 18. the sessions lowest point reached