Marubozu
A candle with a full body and little or no wick — one side controlled the entire session, a sign of strong conviction.
Marubozu means 'bald' in Japanese: the candle has no shadows because price opened at one extreme and closed at the other. A bullish marubozu opens at the low and closes at the high; a bearish one opens at the high and closes at the low.
It signals decisive, one-directional pressure and often appears at the start of a strong move or on a breakout. The longer the body relative to recent candles, the stronger the message.
On StockSetups
A bullish marubozu on a breakout day strengthens the read on a StockSetups setup, where candlestick conviction is one input alongside the chart pattern and volume.
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