What a single candle is
• A candle records, in a single bar, the result of the fight between buyers and sellers during that period
• The body shows the direction and size of the contest, and the wicks are traces of price pushed one way, rejected, and sent back
Context over pattern
• A candle with a long lower wick means 'it was sold cheaply but immediately bought back'
• Even the same shape means more when it appears at support with volume, and less when it appears in empty space
Where people slip
• They memorize names (shapes) like hammer and doji and ignore 'where it appeared'
• Direction shows only when reading the relationship with the candles before and after, not a single candle
A candle shows not just price but 'the tug-of-war of that period'. Position and context come before shape.
When you look at a candle, do you look first at its shape (name), or at where (support, resistance) it appeared?