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Hammer

A candle with a small body in the upper part and a long lower wick.

How to read the number

The drawing means one thing: inside the interval the price went appreciably lower and came back by the close. Neither the reason for the fall nor the reason for the return is visible in it.

When the metric lies

An identically shaped candle at the end of a rise carries a different name and the opposite reading. The meaning therefore comes from the context, not from the shape.

Also known as: hanging man

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