Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Stella Osoba is the Senior Editor of trading and investing at Investopedia. She co-founded and chaired Women in Technical Analysis. She has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer and technical ...

Perhaps the single greatest mistake that investors make is the idea that trading is a purely technical practice, one driven exclusively by the logic of numbers. But the truth is that traders work on ...

The Doji candlestick pattern has a single candle. In this pattern, the stock opening and closing prices are equal. The candlestick pattern forms due to indecision between the buyers and sellers in the ...

The first type of triple candlestick pattern that we'll talk about is morning and evening stars. Both morning and evening stars occur during a trend and can signal a reversal in momentum. The first ...

A bullish engulfing candle is a dual candlestick pattern, which might signal an upcoming uptrend. The pattern applies after there's been a period of consolidation or downtrend. The two-candlestick ...