Spinning Top
A small real body with long wicks on both sides — buyers and sellers battled but neither gained ground — an indecision candle.
A Spinning Top has a short real body (bullish or bearish) centred between equal-length upper and lower wicks. The wicks show that both bulls and bears made moves during the session; the small body shows the net result was nearly nothing.
Like the Doji, context drives its significance. After a long trend, a Spinning Top warns that momentum is fading. In a range, it's often just chop. Best treated as a caution flag rather than a standalone signal.
Related Terms
Doji
A candle with virtually no real body — open and close are equal or near-equal — signalling market indecision.
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A two-candle pattern where the second candle's body is fully inside the first candle's body — momentum is losing steam and a pause or reversal may follow.
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The rectangular portion of a candle between the open and close prices — the core visual measure of session conviction.
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The thin lines above and below a candle's real body, marking the session's high and low extremes beyond the open/close range.
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