Trading and Investing Definitions –
A number sequence discovered by a thirteenth century Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci (ca 1170-1250), who introduced Arabic numbers to Europe, in which the sum of any two consecutive numbers equals the next highest number – i.e., following this sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 and so on. The ratio of
On a Japanese Candlestick chart, a Marubozu is a single candlestick with no shadow or wick extending from the body at at the open or close. Also known as a shaven or bald candlestick. The black Marubozu has a long black body and no shadow/wick. The open is the high and the close is the
The Four Price Doji Japanese Candlestick has no upper or lower wick, and the open and the close are at the same price – this candlestick looks like a flat line.
The Stick Sandwich is a three candle bullish reversal formation. The pattern occurs in a downtrend, where the first candle is black and the second candle is white and trades above the close of the first day. The third candle is black and closes where the first candle did.
Named after Munehisa Homma‘s hometown in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, Sakata’s Five Methods comprise the following patterns: Three Mountains Pattern, Three Rivers Pattern, Three Parallel Lines Pattern and the Three Methods Pattern. These patterns created the foundation for Homma’s Japanese Candlestick analysis.