Beginner JPN Candle Patterns 🌸

What do fidget spinners, marubozus, and dojis got in common?

They’re all the OG squad of Japanese candlesticks!

Let's dive into each candlestick type and what they've got to say about them price moves, fam.

Spinning Tops

Japanese candlesticks with big ol' shadows up top and bottom and a teeny real body are called spinning tops. Legit, the body color ain't that deep.

The Spinning Top pattern screams indecisive vibes between the buyers and the sellers, like a dramatic TikTok standoff.

The lil body means there wasn’t much movin' from open to close, showing buyers and sellers were throwin' hands, but nobody came out savage.

Session started and finished with barely any excitement, but prices were all over in between, running laps faster than a Cheeto in a hot bag.

No one came out on top, putting the whole session at a gridlocked “nah, bruh.”

• If a spinning top shows up during an uptrend, it’s as worn out as your favorite hoodie, hinting a direction flip might pop.
• If a spinning top arrives mid-downtrend, don't hold your breath, 'cause sellers might be clocking out and the chart might U-turn.

Marubozu

Sounds like some kinda mystical vibes right? “I invoke the mighty Marubozu to cast my spell!”

Chill, it ain't like that. Marubozu simply means there’s zero side hustle going on between the bodies!

The name “marubozu” translates to “bald head” or “shiny dome” in Japanese - which basically means this candle’s got no wick.

So a Marubozu candlestick is the lil egghead or buzz-cut candle, rollin' with no shadows or whiskers.

Depending on if the candle’s got its fills on or shows it all bare, the highs and lows mirror its opens or finishes.

Scope these Marubozu flavors in the pic below.

A White Marubozu serves up a thicc white line rockin' no fancy details. The open is low-key and the close is flexing up high.

This translates into a candle jetting off rock-bottom and shutting shop at its peak score.

This one’s a bullish flex, with buyers basically owning the shindig the whole time. Expect to see it paving a path to more highs or a glow-up partying hard.

A Black Marubozu slides in rockin’ a long, haunted black costume with no extras. The open is the highest note and the close hits down low.

This bad boy opened at max toss and put the shovel down at oversold. Talk about lows!

When you see a Black Marubozu throwing shade, sellers ran the show this time around, usually signaling more downtrends or a gnarly dip dance.

Depending on the Marubozu’s post and color, here's how you read the room:

White Marubozu

• End of an uptrend? Prepare to tag along for a continuing runaway.
• Closing a downtrend? Expect a reversal hop and flip the moves.

Black Marubozu

• End of a downtrend? It wants to keep that dance groove flowing downwards.
• Edge of an uptrend? Anticipate a reversal swing back to the steps.

Doji

Doji candlesticks got no mood sways, closing at the same vibe they opened—or basically no brains and all beauty, aka a line snack!

A Doji is chill with bones so thin it's gotta line-up-or-nothing presence.

Doji candles open with "nope" vibes, and drift between drama but land near or on their open marks with no defining moves.

Buyers and sellers swung fists, but didn’t conquer any turf battles—ending basically an even “For The Win”.

Doji’s lineup in FOUR mixer-special styles, making appearances either like crosses or “plus signs” with quirks in length.

The word “Doji” is like “zoom-in” — both singular and plural ride the same ship.

When a Doji rolls up in your chart reel, scan back and up its predecessors, yeah?

If a Doji dawns post a row of long white bodies (like fancy White Marubozus), it hollers that buyers are running low on juice and fatigue sets in.

For prices to keep climbin', fresh buyers gotta jump aboard—but oops, outta stock! Sellers are just itching to jump in and tick prices downward.

If a Doji swoops in after a caravan of long filled bodies (like the broody Black Marubozus), that thing’s baa-ing—basically saying sellers are tuckered out and running light.

And for prices to free-fall, fresher sellers are a must—but alas, nada! But see, buyers are hot for a shot at deals-on-sale.

While sellers pause their slide, fresh buying energy confirms any reversal bets.

Peep for a white candle shutting the door above a long black candle's opening trendmark.

In upcoming deets, we legit scope into the specific Japanese candlestick patterns and what their cryptic gestures mean. 🕵️‍♂️

By the end of this Japanese candlesticks sesh, you’ll be keener—a walking candlestick pattern encyclopedia, tossing strong trading vibes your way.