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Long Candle
A candlestick with a notably large body relative to surrounding candles, indicating strong buying or selling pressure during that period. A long green candle shows strong bullish conviction; a long red candle shows strong bearish conviction.
Example
“A massive long green candle appeared on the Bitcoin 4-hour chart after the Fed announced a rate cut, reflecting overwhelming buying pressure in a single period.”