How to Read a Marubozu Candle
A candle with no wicks at all -- open-to-close in one continuous move, showing one side was in full control.
CANDLESTICK PATTERNS
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1-candle pattern · Strong continuation / conviction
A marubozu has little or no wick at all — just a long body, moving from open to close in one continuous direction. A bullish marubozu opens at the low and closes at the high of the period; a bearish marubozu opens at the high and closes at the low. Either way, one side was in complete control for the entire session, with no meaningful pushback from the other.
Because there’s no wick to suggest hesitation, a marubozu is generally read as a strong conviction signal — appearing at the start of a move, it often signals strong follow-through in that direction; appearing after an extended trend, it can instead be a sign of capitulation or exhaustion. The surrounding context matters more here than for almost any other single-candle pattern.
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This article is educational only and isn’t a recommendation to trade any particular instrument or pattern — no candlestick pattern works in isolation. See the full candlestick guide for how patterns like this one fit into a broader approach.