The Shooting Star Candlestick Pattern

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 ### The Shooting Star Candlestick Pattern #### Description The Shooting Star is a bearish reversal candlestick pattern that typically appears at the top of an uptrend. It is characterized by a small real body near the lower end of the trading range, a long upper wick (shadow), and little or no lower wick. The long upper wick indicates that the market opened, rallied significantly, but then gave up most of the gains to close near the opening price. #### Characteristics - **Small Real Body**: Indicates minimal difference between the opening and closing prices. - **Long Upper Wick**: Reflects strong upward movement that was not sustained. - **Short or Absent Lower Wick**: Suggests limited lower price movement during the period. #### Significance The Shooting Star pattern signals that buyers initially drove prices higher, but sellers regained control, pushing prices back down. This shift in momentum from bullish to bearish suggests a potential reversal from an uptrend to a downtrend. ...
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Technical indicators

 Technical indicators

Trader level (Beginner)

Type of strategy (Trend)

Timeframe (60-300 m)

Assets to trade (Any)


Technical Indicators are tools for analyzing the dynamics of asset price movement, building indicator trading systems, and receiving trading signals for making trades.

Moving Average, МА
Moving Average, МА — the average asset price over a certain period. The user sets that period in the settings.
When using the Moving Average indicator on the quote chart (candlestick chart), the trader can more accurately and clearly determine the general direction of asset price movement.
This helps the trader make the right decision when making their forecast about the direction of the trade at that moment and for the near future.

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The price chart also shows movement UP, but less clearly
The indicator's general direction shows movement UP

Moving Average indicator settings:
The longer the indicator's period is, the more candles are used to calculate the average price.
And, accordingly, more general data is obtained regarding the movement trend.
You can also choose the type of Moving Average indicator.

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The number of candles to calculate the average
The Moving Average calculation method

The Alligator indicator
The Alligator indicator — a technical indicator developed by the world-famous trader Bill Williams.
It consists of three moving averages that show changes in the quote movement dynamics more clearly and precisely than one does.
When applying the Alligator to the chart, the trader can analyze and predict not only the general direction of asset quote movement but also short-term changes in its movement.
This is helped by the intersections of the moving averages used in the indicator:

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Indicator and price movement UP
The intersection of lines: short-term change in hand and price movement DOWN

Alligator indicator settings:
Just like for the Moving Average, in the settings of the Alligator indicator, you can specify the number of candles that will be used to calculate the average price (i.e. period) for each of the three lines of the indicator. You can also change the shift for each moving average, if necessary.
In the Alligator indicator (due to its exotic name), each line has its own name: "Jaws," "Lips," and "Teeth."

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The number of candles to calculate the average
The number of average shift candles

IMPORTANT! To master basic trading using the Alligator indicator, it is recommended that you use the "Default" settings.

The Bollinger Bands
The Bollinger Bands — they are a technical indicator based on the Moving Average that, in addition to calculating the average price for a certain period, also calculates its average deviation from the norm (from the average) for that period

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The average price line
The average deviation line

Bollinger Bands indicator settings
When setting up the Bollinger Bands indicator, the trader can set the type of moving average calculation, its period (the number of candles that are used to calculate the average price), and the parameter for calculating quote deviation from the average:

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Moving Average type
The number of candles to calculate the average
The parameter for calculating the average price deviation lines

The indicator helps the trader determine the intensity of quote movement: the closer all three indicator lines are to each other, the less mobile the market is (narrow, “flat”), and the fewer opportunities there will be on such a market for making successful trades. And vice versa.
It also clearly demonstrates changes in the direction of quote movement: the price crosses the middle line of the indicator downwards and a downward trend has appeared. And vice versa.

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The price crosses the middle line of the indicator DOWN, downward movement
The indicator lines are converging, "narrow flat"

On a quiet market, the Bollinger Bands perfectly demonstrate the boundaries of the price movement range, which means the Bollinger Bands can be used for night trading in the channel.

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