Spinning Tops Candlesticks Pattern and Dojis Stock Candlestick Patterns

Doji Consolidation Candlesticks Pattern and Doji Continuation Stock Candlestick Patterns

Spinning tops candlesticks pattern have a small body with long upper and lower shadows. These spinning tops are referred to by this name because they are similar to spinning tops on a matchstick.

The upper and lower shadows of the spinning tops are longer than the body. The example illustrated and explained below shows the spinning tops pattern. You can look for the pattern in your MetaTrader 4 Stocks Platform charts. The example illustrated and explained below shows a screenshot to help traders when it comes to learning and understanding these formations.

How to read candlestick charts - Spinning Tops

The color of the spinning tops candlestick is not very important, this formation show the indecision between the buyers and sellers in the stock trading market. When these stocks chart patterns appear at the top of a stocks trend or at the bottom of the stocks trend it might signify that the stocks trend is coming to an end and it might soon reverse and start going the other direction. However, it is best to wait for confirmation signals that the direction of a stocks trend has reversed before trading the signal from this chart formation.

Candlestick Reversal Patterns Formations on Trading Charts

At the top of an upward stocks trend a black/red spinning top shows that a reversal is more likely than when the color is white/blue.

At the bottom of a Stocks Trading downward trend a white/blue spinning top shows that a reversal is more likely than when the color is black/red.

This reversal stocks signal is confirmed when the next candlestick pattern that forms after the spinning tops closes below the neckline for a downward stocks trend reversal signal confirmation, and closes above the neckline for a reversal stocks signal in a downward trend.

The neckline is:

• For an Upward Stocks Trend - The open of the previous candlestick that was drawn just before the spinning top.
• For a Downward Stocks Trend - The open of the previous candlestick that was drawn just before the spinning top

Below is an example of this Japanese charting techniques where this pattern has formed and how to trade it. On the trading chart below when the price moved above the neckline the reversal stocks signal given by the spinning top candlestick was confirmed and this was a good point to exit the short sell stocks trade.

Spinning Tops Pattern on a Chart

The color of the spinning tops formed is blue therefore meaning that a reversal was more likely as opposed to if the color had been red.

Doji Candlesticks Pattern

This is a pattern with the same opening and closing stocks trading price. There are various types of doji candle patterns that form on charts.

The following examples show various patterns of the doji candlestick:

Long-legged doji candlestick has long upper and lower shadows with the opening and closing stocks price at the middle. When the Long legged doji appears on a Stocks Trading chart it indicates indecision between stock traders, the buyer and the sellers.

Below is an example screenshot image of the Long Legged

• Doji stocks chart pattern

Cross Doji Stock Trading Candle

Cross doji has a long lower shadow and a short upper shadow and the open and close of the day is the same.

This stocks pattern appears at market turning points and warns of a possible stocks trend reversal in the Stocks. Below is as example of this chart formation

• Cross Doji Pattern

Inverted Cross Doji Stocks Trading Candlestick

Inverted cross doji candlesticks have a long upper shadow and a short lower shadow and the open and close is the same.

This reversal stocks pattern appears at market turning points and warns of a possible stocks trend reversal in the Stocks. Below is an example

• Inverted Cross doji

Technical Analysis in Stock Trading - All doji candlesticks pattern show indecision in the stocks market this is because at the top of the buyers were in control, at the bottom the sellers were in control but none of them could gain control and at the close of the stocks market the stocks price closed unchanged at the same stocks price as the opening stocks price. This doji shows that the overall stocks price movement for that day was zero pips or just a minimum range of 1-3 pips. Reading these charts patterns require very small pip movement between the opening stocks price and closing stocks price.