Bullish candle
A candle that closes above its open — buyers finished the period in control.
Full explanation
A bullish candle closes higher than it opened. It is usually drawn in green or white, and its body shows how much ground buyers gained over the period.
Not all bullish candles carry the same weight. A large body with small wicks closing near its high shows sustained buying. A small body with a long upper wick shows buyers tried and largely failed, even though the candle is technically bullish.
Context matters more than colour. A bullish candle at the bottom of a range after repeated rejections says something quite different from a bullish candle in the middle of choppy, directionless price action.
Why traders watch it
Describing a candle as bullish is a factual observation about one period; it is not a forecast. Used properly, it helps time an entry within a view you already hold — for example, waiting for a bullish close back above a level before acting on it.
The Trading Plan uses this language descriptively and never as a direction call.
Trading considerations
- Judge the candle by body and location, not colour alone.
- One bullish candle does not create an uptrend.
- A bullish close back above a broken level is more meaningful than one in open space.
Educational guidance only — never a trading signal or recommendation.
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Candle
A single bar on a candlestick chart showing the open, high, low and close for one period.
Candle close
The price at which a candle finishes its period — the standard evidence that a move is genuine, not a spike.