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I am still working on these candlesticks since I started to think short term. I prefer to use EOD for a long term chart.
So I check the definitions before I speak....
From an auction theory perspective, doji represent indecision on the side of both buyers and sellers. Everyone is equally matched, so the price goes nowhere; buyers and sellers are in a standoff. Some analysts interpret this as a sign of reversal.
Example of How to Use a Doji
The following chart shows a gravestone doji in Cyanotech Corp.'s stock from February, 2018 following a significant high volume uptrend, which could indicate a bearish reversal over the near-term following the breakout. Ref.
these defnitions come and go and usually examined in hindsight, the bars always require indepth look, "indecision" is another word for "balance" ......it's important to note the difference it infers.....players on both sides have indecision and are decisive too, this is always the case, the bar needs to be examined on a volume basis, .. most volume print at the open from pros and then theyre gone but retailers can close out the day and cause a doji, it looks 'indecisive' but does the volume make-up confirm that idea?
..who best benefits from this "look" of indecisiveness.....keep in mind this is a question in real time...rather than seeing a doji in isolation look at it in context...if the doji has other traders "indecisive" does that make you indecisive too?
the context consists of the previous bars, not how they print, what makes them. how the volume transacted, where it transacted in the overall pattern todate, within the trend or within the chop, again, this will open the idea that the doji is in balance, yet, you have no idea of the full intent of the other players without the context of a little more data.....most importantly ideas surrounding doji's n such as singular ideas to act on serve to narrow a traders focus distracting from what's actually going on