Trading Technique

* Short Day: Short Day Candlestick example image from StockCharts.com A short day represents a small price move from open to close, where the length of the candle body is short.

* Spinning Top: Spinning Tops Candlestick example image from StockCharts.com Candlestick lines that have small bodies with upper and lower shadows that exceed the length of the body. Spinning tops signal indecision.

* Stars: Stars Candlestick example image from StockCharts.com A candlestick that gaps away from the previous candlestick is said to be in star position. Depending on the previous candlestick, the star position candlestick gaps up or down and appears isolated from previous price action.

* Stick Sandwich: Stick Sandwich Candlestick example image from StockCharts.com A bullish reversal pattern with two black bodies surrounding a white body. The closing prices of the two black bodies must be equal. A support prices is apparent and the opportunity for prices to reverse is quite good.

* Three Black Crows: Three Black Crows Candlestick example image from StockCharts.com A bearish reversal pattern consisting of three consecutive long black bodies where each day closes at or near its low and opens within the body of the previous day.

* Three White Soldiers: Three White Soldiers Candlestick example image from StockCharts.com A bullish reversal pattern consisting of three consecutive long white bodies. Each should open within the previous body and the close should be near the high of the day.

* Upside Gap Two Crows: Upside Gap Two Crows Candlestick example image from StockCharts.com A three day bearish pattern that only happens in an uptrend. The first day is a long white body followed by a gapped open with the small black body remaining gapped above the first day. The third day is also a black day whose body is larger than the second day and engulfs it. The close of the last day is still above the first long white day.

* Upside Tasuki Gap: Upside Tasuki Gap Candlestick example image from StockCharts.com A continuation pattern with a long white body followed by another white body that has gapped above the first one. The third day is black and opens within the body of the second day, then closes in the gap between the first two days, but does not close the gap.