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Closing Marubozu candlestick

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Drawn example, not a real chart

What it shows

The candle is shaven at the close end only: a bullish one finishes exactly on its high, a bearish one exactly on its low, while a wick remains at the open end recording where price probed before the direction settled. The session was contested early and ended at its own extreme.

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