Climax moves: how do you trade exhaustion?
A vertical move with accelerating candles often marks exhaustion rather than a new trend — the last buyers spent, the reversal next. Timing it is the art, and the traps are many.
What's your exhaustion playbook?
- the signals that a move is climaxing
- how you enter against it safely
- the climax that kept going and taught you patience
The candlestick guide describes the candle signatures of exhaustion.
Background: How to read candlestick charts
Candlesticks pack four prices into one shape. How to read the body and wicks, what timeframes mean and why single patterns are weaker than they look.
What do the wicks on a candlestick mean?
The wicks show the highest and lowest prices reached during the period. A long wick shows that the price moved there but was pushed back before the candle closed.
Are candlestick patterns reliable?
Not on their own. They are more meaningful at important price levels and on higher timeframes, and they should be combined with a clear plan for risk.
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