Short Day Candlestick

For all the talk of long days – “I had such a long day at work!” – no one ever seems to talk about short days. A short day zips by in a flash. Often this sort of fleeting day occurs when the day is like any other, “business as usual.” You may feel like you’re on autopilot, going through the motions without much thought or passion. In the world of Japanese candlesticks, however, a Short Day candlestick is a simple signal composed of just one candle. Like the Doji and the Long Day, it isn’t very important on its own. Nevertheless, it can play a part in larger and more influential patterns.
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Swing Trade Ideas March 11, 2016

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SPY Attitude:  (Price > T-Line™ > 34-ema Bullish Trend) 
6:25am The SPY is gapping up from a Doji flag challenging the recent high ($201.35) and possibly the 200-sma ($202.16).
The weekly chart on the SPY has two possibilities that I see:

  1. The Doji continuation pattern is successful and reaches the $204.50 area.
  2. Or we see weakness in the pattern and price slips to test the $196.45 area.

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