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Profitable Candlestick Patterns-The Bullish White Marubozu-Bullish White Long Candlestick!

Candlestick Charting is the best tool in the trading arsenal of an experienced trader. There are two type of candlestick patterns-Bullish or Bearish. The most bullish of the candlestick patterns is the long white candle. When this candlestick pattern is formed, it means that the bulls have been in total control of the market throughout the trading day.

So when a bullish long candle is formed, it indicates that buyers have been buying throughout the day. There were some sellers also in the market. Buyers were just buying from them and pushing the prices still further throughout the trading day!

With the long white candle closing near the high of the day, this is an indication that the bulls aren’t done with their buying and will be back for more on the following day. What this means is that there wasn’t enough of the securities in the market to keep the buyers from pushing the prices higher.

A White Marubozu may not be formed quite frequently on the chart. Most of the time, you are going to find the white long candle with a wick on either side of the candle body. These wicks will be small offcourse. What this indicates is that the closing price was close to the high of the day but not equal to it. In the same way, the opening price was close or near to the low of the day but not equal to it!Now, a true White Marubozu is a special variation of the long white candle with the closing price equal to the high of the day and the opening price equal to the low of the day.

To figure out that you are indeed looking at a long white candle, determine the area covered by the body of the candle that is between the open and close. This area should be at least 90% of the distance between the high and low. If so, you have a long white candle.

On a long white candle day, a lot of price action is covered by a very short amount of time. Price action doesn’t move in one direction for that matter without retracing some part of it. This normal retracing of the price action gives you a chance to act on the signal provided by the bullish long white candle.

Now when you trade the bullish long white candle, you can take the low price as the support. This is the price level where the buyers step in thinking that the price is good now and start pushing it higher.

There are some variations to the bullish long white candle. Three are very important. The first is the Long White Marubozu that has no wick. It is all candlebody. This is the most bullish of the candlestick patterns. The second important variation is the Opening White Marubozu. In this case, the open price is equal to the low of the day. What this means is that the there is no wick below the candle body. The other variation is the Closing White Marubozu. In this case, the closing price is equal to the high of the day. What this means is that there is no wick on the top of the candlebody.