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Closing Marubozu Candle – Strong Closing Pressure

Learn how to identify the Closing Marubozu candle, understand its strong closing pressure, and apply simple trading strategies – perfect for beginners.

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Closing Marubozu Candle – Strong Closing Pressure

What is a Closing Marubozu Candle?

A Closing Marubozu is a candlestick with a long real body and a wick only on the opening side, not on the closing side. For a bullish candle, the close is at the high of the session, so there is no upper wick. The open may be slightly above the low, leaving a small lower wick. For a bearish candle, the opposite is true: the close is at the low, there is no lower wick, and only a small upper wick remains.

Open = HighNo upper wickClose = LowNo lower wickBuyers controlled entire session — open = high, close = low of candle
Open = HighNo upper wickClose = LowNo lower wickSellers controlled entire session — open = high, close = low of candle

How to Identify

  • The real body is long and occupies almost the full price range.
  • A wick appears only on one side: a small one on the opening side, and no wick on the closing side.
  • The color is green (or white) for a bullish candle and red (or black) for a bearish candle.
  • The meaning: buyers (or sellers) controlled the session and kept the price at the extreme until the close.

    • How to Trade

  • A bullish Closing Marubozu appearing after a downtrend or near support can be a buy signal when the price breaks above the candle's high.
  • A bearish Closing Marubozu appearing after an uptrend or near resistance can be a sell signal when the price breaks below the candle's low.
  • Always combine it with important price levels, such as support/resistance or moving averages, to improve reliability.

    • Real Example

    Imagine EUR/USD is falling and a bullish Closing Marubozu forms at a strong support zone near 1.0850. This candle shows that buying pressure pushed the price to the high of the session by the close. When the price breaks above the candle's high, you can open a buy position and place a stop loss safely below the candle's low.

    Common Mistakes

  • Confusing Closing Marubozu with Doji or Hammer candles because they ignore the length of the real body.
  • Trading immediately when the candle closes without waiting for confirmation at support/resistance levels.
  • Not using a stop loss, which can lead to large losses if the candle turns out to be a false signal during a sideways market.

    • Content is for reference only, not investment advice. Forex trading carries high risk.

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