Reading Directional vs. Overlapping Candles

Summary

Hollow Point Trading shares a lesson comparing large candle bodies that make directional progress with small, overlapping candles that signal consolidation. The illustrative price sequence helps the community describe current price behavior without confusing it with a separate range-bar chart type.

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Large Directional Candles or Small Overlapping Candles—What Chang...

Reading Directional vs. Overlapping Candles
Large candle bodies making directional progress differ from several small overlapping candles. Compare expansion with consolidation to describe the current price behavior. This lesson compares candle sequences, not a separate range-bar chart type.

Original Hollow Point Trading animation using an illustrative price sequence and HPT narration.

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