Gravestone Doji
The open, low and close are at the bottom, with a long upper wick — an inverted “T”. Sellers rejected the highs completely.
Where it matters
Meaningful after a rise and at a resistance zone.
Faded candles are the trend before it, the band is the pattern, the dashed line is the level it formed at, and ✓ marks the confirming candle.
How to read it
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How it forms
Price rallies strongly during the session, then sellers push it all the way back to the opening level.
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Where it matters
Meaningful after a rise and at a resistance zone.
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What confirms it
The next candle closes below the low of the Gravestone Doji.
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Where the idea is wrong
A close above the high of the long upper wick.
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What volume should do
Higher volume on the Gravestone suggests the selling at the highs had participation.
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Common mistake
Treating it as a reversal in a strong uptrend without any follow-through.
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Opposite pattern
Dragonfly Doji
Meaningful after a decline and at a support zone. Elsewhere it is simply indecision.
Single Candle
Bullish Marubozu
Most meaningful when it breaks out of a range or closes above a resistance level. Inside a choppy range it says much less.
Single Candle
Bearish Marubozu
Most meaningful when it breaks below a support level or a range. Inside a range it is often just noise.
From the book
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Chapter 9 of Trading Candlestick Patterns explains the Gravestone Doji with real Indian market charts, volume context and stop-loss placement.
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Educational content only. A pattern describes what buyers and sellers did; it does not predict what price will do next. Not investment advice or a buy, sell or hold recommendation.