Bearish candle

A candle that closes below where it opened — sellers finished the period in control.

A bearish candle records sellers winning the period. As with bullish candles, size and position matter far more than colour — a small body with a long lower wick is a very different event from a large one closing on its low.

Taught in

Reading Your First CandleCandle Anatomy

Body, wicks, and color — the raw material of every chart you'll ever read.

Also covered in that lesson

BodyThe thick rectangular part of a candlestick, spanning the distance between the open and the close.WickThe thin line above or below a candle body, marking the high and low that price reached but did not close at.Bullish candleA candle that closes above where it opened — buyers finished the period in control.OHLCOpen, high, low and close — the four prices every candlestick encodes for its period.

Related terms

Bullish candle Body