Real Body
The rectangular portion of a candle between the open and close prices — the core visual measure of session conviction.
The real body is the filled rectangle between a candle's open and close. A wide body means the session ended far from where it started — strong directional conviction. A narrow body means open and close were nearly equal — buyers and sellers fought to a draw.
Real-body width is one of two key inputs when classifying candle patterns; the other is wick length. Patterns like Marubozu have maximum-sized bodies; Dojis have near-zero bodies.
Related Terms
Bullish Candle
A candle where the close is higher than the open, indicating net buying pressure during the period.
BeginnerDoji
A candle with virtually no real body — open and close are equal or near-equal — signalling market indecision.
BeginnerMarubozu
A full-bodied candle with no wicks — open equals low (or high) and close equals high (or low) — pure, uninterrupted directional conviction.
BeginnerOHLC (Open-High-Low-Close)
The four prices that summarize a trading period — open, high, low, and close — the raw data behind every candlestick and bar chart.
BeginnerOutside Bar
A candle that engulfs the prior candle's entire range — high-to-low — showing a sudden expansion of volatility and a potential directional shift.
BeginnerSpinning Top
A small real body with long wicks on both sides — buyers and sellers battled but neither gained ground — an indecision candle.
BeginnerWick
The thin lines above and below a candle's real body, marking the session's high and low extremes beyond the open/close range.
BeginnerWindow (gap)
A gap between two consecutive candles where no trading occurred — in Japanese candlestick theory, windows act as support/resistance the market tends to return to.
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