[prisoner6]

Thank you! I must have been Japanese in a former life, makes complete sense to me! There will be variations of course over the long run. Short term (relative) though, the patterns in most everytning seem to repeat.

I was going to put a "however" in but I have to think about it more/

Going to be an interesting afternoon for me!

prisoner6

[kevao]

I have a couple books on candlesticks and have been studying them off and on for over a year. Sadly I haven’t had time yet to focus my efforts on them more.

But from what I have observed, the patterns do indeed tend to reflect short-term sentiment well. The trick is familiarizing yourself with the many patterns. Plus the candlesticks themselves convey more intra-day information that the Western bar symbols.

Good luck!