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Spinning top

A candle with a small body and long wicks on both sides — a period of genuine two-way fighting with no resolution.

Spinning tops mark a genuine two-way fight, and they cluster where a move is losing conviction. A run of them often precedes a range.

The difference from a doji is only degree — a doji has almost no body, a spinning top has a small one.

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The spinning top, and the three-candle morning star / evening star reversal.

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