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Doji

A doji is a candle whose open and close are almost equal, leaving little or no body — a snapshot of indecision, where buyers and sellers finished a period in balance. This article first explains candlestick anatomy (body, wicks, open/close/high/low), then covers the doji and its variants (long-legged, dragonfly, gravestone), what they mean, why context and confirmation are everything, and why a single candle describes one period's tug-of-war rather than predicting the next.

12 min readPublished 19 June 2026

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