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Grafik Candlestick adalah salah satu jenis grafikharga yang sangat penuh dengan informasi. Seorang trader bisa menarik informasi baik dari candlestick individu dan kombinasi candlestick ( pola candlestick).
Sebuah Candlestick terdiri dari badan ( daerah antara yang terbuka dan tertutup) dan bayangan lebih atas dan lebih bawah (rangkaian harga diatas dan dibawah badan sebenarnya) yang juga lebih dikenal dengan istilah 'wicks and tails'.
Kalau harga naik selama waktu tertentu candle biasanya diberi warna putih atau hijau. Dalam hal ini harga pembukaan di dasar badan dan penutupan harga diatasnya.
Jika harga jatuh selama perioda waktu candle biasanya diberi warna hitam atau merah. Dalam hal ini harga pembukaan di puncak badan dan harga penutupan ada di bawahnya.
Puncak dari bayangin atas tinggi yang dibuat selama perioda waktu, sedangkan dasar di bayangan lebih bawah adalah rendah. Sebagai kesimpulan setiap candlestick melengkapi sebuah gambar yang jelas dari kegiatan harga.
A candlestick with a very small body (open and close are virtually equal) is called “Doji”. On its own doji is neutral. However, if doji forms after a series of bullish candles with long bodies, it signals that the buyers are becoming exhausted and weak and the price may reverse downwards. If doji forms after a series of bearish candles with long bodies, it means that sellers are getting tired and the prices may reverse upwards.
There are several types of doji. Long-legged doji has long upper and lower shadows that are almost equal in length and reflect a great amount of indecision in the market. Dragonfly Doji is a significant bullish reversal pattern that mainly occurs at the bottom of downtrends. Gravestone doji is a significant bearish reversal pattern that mainly occurs at the top of uptrends. Four price doji is very rare and represents complete and total uncertainty by traders concerning the market direction.
Candlesticks with short shadows indicate that most of the trading action was confined near the open and close. Candlesticks with long shadows show that prices extended well past the open and close.
Candlesticks with a long upper shadow and short lower shadow indicate that buyers dominated during the session, but by the end of the period sellers managed to pull prices down from their highs. Candlesticks with long lower shadows and short upper shadows indicate that sellers dominated during the session, but by the end of the period buyers managed to push prices higher.
Candlesticks with long both upper and lower shadows and small real body are called “Spinning tops”. Spinning tops are the sings of the market’s indecision: both bulls and bears were active, but neither manages to sustain gains. After a long advance or long bullish candlestick, a spinning top indicates weakness among the bulls and a potential change or interruption in trend. After a long decline or long bearish candlestick, a spinning top indicates weakness among the bears and a potential change or interruption in trend.
A candle without upper or lower shadows is called “Marubozu”. A bullish Marubozu forms when the open equals the low and the close equals the high and shows that buyers controlled the price action during the entire period. A bearish Marubozu forms when the open equals the high and the close equals the low and shows that the price action was controlled by sellers.
