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Learn in 30 seconds why a long wick matters more than candle colour.

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Learn in 30 seconds why a long wick matters more than candle colour.

By Alan Solarsh · 4 November 2026

Learn in 30 seconds why a long wick matters more than candle colour.

A wick is the thin line above or below a candle's thick body. A long wick shows that price travelled far but was pushed back before the candle closed. That pushback often tells you more than whether the candle closed green or red.

SA forex traders with day jobs can check a long wick quickly when time is short. It helps you read what price did without watching the screen all day.

The Learn to Read a Forex Chart course teaches this step by step. You can start free and learn at your own pace.

Learn to Read a Forex Chart, one lesson at a time: https://learntoreadaforexchart.com/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=l2r-own&utm_campaign=l2r-lesson-2

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If you want to learn how to do this, this is the tool I use: https://learntoreadaforexchart.com/

First published on Facebook (Learn To Read A Forex Chart Using Candlesticks & Moving Averages). Forex trading carries risk.

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Alan Solarsh

I've been scammed, conned, and blew my own accounts chasing the hype. I hit rock bottom — I once split a single shawarma three ways with my kids because it was all I had left. So when I say I know how losing feels, I mean it.

That's why I built a way out — and why I can guide you through it.

I don't trade on hope. I trade the way institutions move: supply and demand zones, candlestick structure, and the moving averages the banks actually use. That became my strategy — with real clients who trade it (you'll meet them below).

Then I built the tools to make it repeatable for you: the robot that runs the discipline automatically, a true-IRR calculator to map your real trajectory, and a COT-data tool on the way.

But tools aren't enough — the hardest part of trading is you. So I teach three rules:

  • Money rules — size every position so you never blow up.
  • Trading rules — when to enter, exit, pause, or sit on your hands.
  • Psychology rules — read your own gut. I believe 50–80% of failure is traders ignoring their intuition. Call it the universe, God, quantum physics — whatever you follow, it's telling you something. Learning to listen is the edge.

You're the hero of this story. I'm just the guide who walked the road, drew the map, and hands you the rules to walk it yourself.

— Alan Solarsh · Founder, Alive FX

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