Technical Analysis: Complete Candlestick Trading Course 2026

Learn to read candlesticks, representing a time period, and analyze how the body shows open and close while the wick reflects high and low, with red/green and hollow candles explained.

Identify the current trend before trading candlestick patterns. Combine candlestick patterns with support and resistance levels, indicators like MACD and RSI, and Fibonacci lines, guided by market psychology.

Learn to read long green candlesticks, or long days, as bullish signals when price breaks resistance or reverses at support, with confirmations from macd and 50% retracements.

Identify long red bodies as negative days signaling potential tops in uptrends, and confirm bearish reversals with support and resistance and MACD plus relative strength indicator.

Explore doji patterns, including long-legged doji and gravestone doji, plus spinning tops, to spot indecision and potential market tops or reversals in candlestick trading.

Explore doji star patterns, including morning and evening doji stars, as three-day reversal setups in bullish and bearish trends, with blended candlesticks and confirmation signals.

Learn how northern and southern doji candlesticks signal indecision and potential reversals within bullish and bearish trends, and how to confirm signals with subsequent candlesticks and trend lines.

Identify dragonfly and gravestone doji patterns as bullish and bearish reversal signals. Learn how shadows and the closing price indicate turning points and how to use RSI and confirmation.

Learn how gapping doji patterns signal reversals, using gaps as support or resistance and the 50 percent level of the green candlestick with MACD signals, with IBM and Freda's examples.

Explore how the hammer signals a bottoming reversal with a long lower shadow. The hanging man signals a potential top reversal, often confirmed by a subsequent red candle.

Explore inverted hammer and shooting star candlesticks: real bodies at the lower end with long upper shadows, signaling bullish or bearish reversals needing next-day confirmation.

Explore the Morning Star and Evening Star three-candle candlestick patterns, their bullish and bearish reversals, gaps and penetration, with chart examples and MACD confirmation.

Explore dark cloud cover and piercing pattern in candlestick analysis, including bullish and bearish reversals, penetration depth into prior bodies, and implications for trend turns.

Identify bullish belt hold and bearish belt hold candlesticks as single-candle reversals; note open at day lows or highs with no shadows, and seek next-period confirmation and Makdisi indicator signals.

Explore bullish and bearish engulfing patterns as powerful candlestick reversal signals in uptrends and downtrends, emphasizing engulfing bodies, small prior bodies, MACD interactions, and practical examples.

Identify bullish and bearish harami as two-candlestick reversal patterns, where a small real body sits inside a larger candlestick, signaling potential trend reversals.

Explore bullish and bearish harami cross patterns, two candlestick reversal patterns indicating indecision and trend changes. These candles within a body suggest shifts from bullish trends to sideways or downtrends.

Explore the bullish and bearish Tristar candlestick patterns as rare three-day reversals, emphasizing market psychology and indecision near support or resistance, with MACD confirmation guidance.

Learn bullish and bearish breakaway candlestick patterns in a five-candlestick setup, focusing on gaps, psychology, and trading reversals in uptrends or downtrends.

Learn the Balazs kicking and bearish kicking two-candlestick patterns, rare bullish and bearish reversals with no shadows and gaps, requiring confirmation to trade in the trend direction.

Stephen thanks you for taking the complete candlestick training course. He notes the psychology behind candlesticks matters more than the textbook and invites questions via the course form.

Learn to navigate TradingView for chart analysis, interpret Japanese candlesticks, use moving averages and Bollinger Bands, and apply momentum and volume indicators with real-world examples.

Navigate the TradingView interface, switch symbols, and adjust intervals and chart types while applying indicators and alerts. Use timeframes, data windows, and watch lists to analyze stocks, forex, and crypto.

Learn how candlesticks reveal opening and closing prices, daily range, and wick behavior, and how bullish and bearish patterns signal momentum for traders.

Explore how to use drawing tools on tradingview to mark support and resistance, trend lines, channels, and rectangles, helping identify market memory and range-bound trading.

Learn to use fibonacci tools to identify retracement levels and extensions (38.2%, 50%, 61.8%) for potential support, resistance, and targets, recognizing it as a secondary indicator.

This lesson explains moving averages, comparing SMA and EMA, and shows how 50-day and 200-day EMAs reveal trends, dynamic support and resistance, and crossovers like golden and death crosses.

Master the MACD to gauge momentum by comparing the 12 and 26 period moving averages, reading the histogram and zero line, and recognizing cross signals and divergence.

Learn to use Bollinger bands to identify trends and breakouts, using the 20 moving average middle line, two standard deviations, and squeeze signals with support and resistance.

Explore how momentum indicators on TradingView identify overbought and oversold conditions using RSI and stochastic, gauge divergence, and integrate moving averages and price action on short- and daily charts.

Learn how the on balance volume (obv) indicator tracks positive and negative volume flow to confirm trends and breakouts, and how traders use it with moving averages and support-resistance.

Test paper trading, or demo trading, on TradingView using simulated orders. Adjust commissions, set take profits and stop losses, and refine strategies through practice.

Explore a complete technical analysis system to trade profitably using candlestick chart analysis, trade long and short candles, and identify support and resistance while mastering risk management with real-world examples.

Learn to read candlesticks by identifying open, high, low, and close with color coding, and interpret body size and wicks to gauge bullish or bearish momentum and market psychology.

Analyze how candlestick length, gaps, and long wicks reveal conviction, momentum shifts, and potential reversals in long and short candles, with examples like hammer and shooting star.

Master multiple time frame analysis to identify trends or consolidation, use candlesticks and volume across daily and hourly charts to spot buy signals, gaps, and breakouts for day trading.

Explains how to identify support and resistance, use market memory, and combine candlestick signals with volume and Fibonacci retracement (38.2, 50, 61.8, 78.6) and round numbers for pullbacks and breakouts.

Master fibonacci retracements and extensions, including 38.2%, 50%, and 61.8%, to time entries with price action, round figures, and confluence across higher time frames.

Use standard pivot points as guidance within an uptrend, never fight the trend. Look for buying opportunities at support levels and pivots, with stops below support three.

Identify market trends using the 50-day ema and macd, examining the histogram and crossovers to gauge momentum and trend direction.

Use Bollinger bands with a 20 sma middle line and two standard deviations to gauge volatility, compression, and breakouts, while following the trend and price action near support and resistance.

Explore how the stochastic oscillator signals overbought or oversold by crossovers and price divergence, similar to RSI, and filter signals with a 50-day EMA in range-bound markets.

Avoid reversal trading. Trade with the trend by shorting pullbacks in a downtrend. Use MacD overbought signals and Bollinger band breakouts, with stops at support and resistance.

Navigate choppy markets with the stochastic oscillator to spot overbought and oversold conditions, define support and resistance, and trade with the longer-term trend while managing risk.

Learn to distinguish flat markets from choppy ranges and recognize consolidation. Use volume spikes and explosive candles, wait for brief pullbacks, and place stops beyond the flattened area for risk-to-reward.

Risk 1% of your total portfolio per trade to protect capital and maintain a steady equity curve, while psychology drives risk management and adherence to longer-term trends.

Master a complete technical analysis system to identify bullish and bearish sentiment, trade support and resistance, recognize momentum gain and loss, chart patterns, and place stops with real world examples.

Explore the anatomy of trend types—uptrends, downtrends, and consolidation—across weekly, daily, and 15-minute frames, with moving averages, support and resistance, and breakout strategies.

Learn to mark up charts with levels, trend lines, and channels to identify buy and sell zones, apply formatting and parallel channels across timeframes.

Master support and resistance by identifying round-number levels, using horizontal line tools on trading charts, and aligning higher and lower time frame analysis with candlestick patterns and Fibonacci retracements.

Identify the head and shoulders patterns, bearish and inverse bullish, with a neckline break. Measure from the neckline to set targets and stops, reflecting market psychology.

Learn to spot double tops and double bottoms (M and W patterns) as bullish and bearish reversal signals, with entries on breakouts and higher time frame confirmation.

Identify diamond tops and bottoms, where broadening formations tighten and signal bearish pressure or an explosive move up from a bottom, with no fixed measuring stick.

Identify rounding tops and bottoms as gradual reversals, then measure pattern height to project breakouts, set targets, and place stops halfway inside the pattern. Longer formations reflect stronger order flow.

Explore rectangle tops and bottoms, distinguishing distribution and accumulation within an uptrend, and learn how consolidation can signal continuation or a failed pattern with breakouts and stop-loss strategies.

The cup and handle is a bullish reversal pattern with a rounded bottom and pullback, often confirmed by high volume breakout and psychology of traders on higher time frames.

Explore continuation patterns with wedges and triangles—symmetrical, ascending, and descending—where price compresses toward the apex and breakout targets are measured from the break, often 100 points.

Learn flag and pennant continuation patterns, including bullish and bearish versions, with run-ups, consolidations, and measured move targets. Apply breakouts, stop losses, and chart examples to predict price moves.

Master dead cat bounce trading strategies in day trading by analyzing gaps, resistance, and breaches, and applying Fibonacci retracement and candlestick signals to anticipate continuations and retests of lows.

Master candlestick chart analysis and profitable strategies by learning candlestick foundations, support and resistance, common and exotic patterns, signs of exhaustion, momentum, and practical take profit in day trading.

Learn to read candlesticks by color, wicks, and open–close dynamics to gauge sentiment. Decode how each candle expresses price action, highlighting opening and closing levels.

Master trading candlesticks with support and resistance by watching price action, break through levels, and signals like hammer or shooting star to confirm where buyers and sellers gain edge.

Explore spinning tops, pin bars, and doji candles, their meanings, and how breakouts signal momentum shifts. Learn practical entry and stop ideas at support and resistance.

Hammer patterns signal a downtrend reversal with a long lower wick. Hanging man signals an uptrend reversal after a rally; trade breakouts above the top or below the bottom.

Analyze inverted hammer and shooting star candlestick patterns to assess bearish and bullish signals within trends, emphasizing support and resistance, failed candles, and trader psychology for day traders.

Learn how bullish and bearish engulfing candles form a two-candlestick pattern, how gaps and breaks signal reversals, and how to place stop losses and entries on daily charts.

Understand bullish and bearish harami, a two-candle pattern with a mother and inside candle on a gap; break above or below signals a move on daily or higher timeframes.

identify tweezer top and tweezer bottom candlestick patterns, two candles with long wicks signaling reversals. trade them on breaks or pullbacks with stops, noting support and resistance.

Explore morning star and evening star candlestick patterns, their gaps and reversals in an uptrend, and how to place stop losses on the three-candlestick pattern to target trend changes.

explain three white soldiers and three black crows on the daily chart, showing how gaps and momentum confirm trends, with stop losses and possible reversals like shooting stars.

Explore bullish and bearish abandoned baby patterns in forex, including gap adjustments, wick considerations, and how these three-candle signals indicate potential pullbacks or continuations with defined exits.

Learn to trade cryptocurrencies profitably using technical analysis, understanding trends, bullish and bearish sentiment, indicators, support and resistance, Fibonacci, candlestick patterns, risk management, and trading psychology.

Identify uptrends, downtrends, and sideways markets, and determine trend direction with longer time frames first. Use trend lines and parallel channels to follow the main trend and avoid fighting it.

Learn how support and resistance shape price action using horizontal lines to mark round-number levels and market memory, with Ethereum and Litecoin as examples.

Apply Fibonacci retracements and extensions to crypto moves, using swing lows and highs to identify 38.2%, 50%, and 61.8% levels. Recognize support, resistance, and bullish patterns like a hammer.

Explore how exponential moving averages reveal trend and momentum in cryptocurrency trading, using nine- and twenty-day EMAs, crossovers, golden cross, and 50 day and 200 day EMAs.

Learn to apply the MacD indicator with its histogram and two moving averages to measure momentum, interpret zero-line crossovers, divergences, and filter false signals across multiple assets.

Identify stop placements and momentum-loss signals using the volume indicator, trend lines, and candlestick patterns, and adjust stops with moving averages and Fibonacci levels.

Explore double tops and double bottoms (W and M patterns) as reversal signals, using them with trends, stop losses, and 20 EMA support on charts like Bitcoin and Monero.

Learn to trade cryptocurrency using rectangle patterns, identifying support and resistance, and executing breakouts leading to reversals or rapid moves; apply height-based targets and risk-reward strategies.

Identify head and shoulders and inverse patterns, draw the neckline, measure head-to-neck distance for targets, and note stop loss cues with MacD and the 20 EMA on the four-hour chart.

Learn how to trade doji candlesticks, recognize indecision with gravestone, dragonfly, and long legged doji, and use filters and moving averages to spot breakouts from support or resistance.

Learn how hammer and hanging man candlesticks signal trend reversals, how to trade them using support and resistance, breakouts, and MACD confirmations in cryptocurrency markets.

Master three white soldiers and three black crows patterns in crypto trading, with stop placement behind the middle candle and confluence with support, resistance, Bollinger bands, and the 20 sma.