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Candlestick Wick Analysis in Trading


Candlestick wicks often contain critical information about buying and selling pressure that body patterns alone may not reveal. By analysing wick length and position, traders can understand price rejection, momentum shifts, and liquidity zones.

In forex and CFD markets, sessions run long and liquidity shifts across the day. That setup often produces rejections at session boundaries, round numbers, and structural levels. Wick analysis trading may offer a quick read on sentiment that body-only views can miss. This article explains the candle wick meaning and outlines several strategies traders may use.

What Candle Wicks Show in Price Action
Candle wicks, or shadows, are the thin lines above and below a candlestick's body that indicate how far the price moved during a specific period. The upper wick marks the highest price reached during the candle's period, and the lower wick marks the lowest.

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EUR/GBP: June ECB Meeting Could Bring the Period of Equilibrium to an End


Fundamental backdrop
The divergence in the monetary policy paths of the ECB and the Bank of England is creating a mixed outlook for the pair. Having completed a cycle of eight consecutive rate cuts in 2025, the ECB left its deposit rate unchanged at 2.0% at its April meeting. At the same time, according to Trading Economics, markets are assigning a high probability to a 25-basis-point rate increase as early as 11 June.

The Bank of England, by contrast, remains in wait-and-see mode. On 29 May, Governor Andrew Bailey suggested that inflation could temporarily exceed its target level, indicating that a rate increase from the current 3.75% is unlikely in the near term. As a result, the interest-rate differential between the two central banks could narrow as early as June, and this scenario is weighing on sterling.



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USD/JPY and USD/CAD Test Key Levels Ahead of the ADP Employment Report


The US dollar is holding on to its recently gained ground following a series of strong macroeconomic releases and a rise in US Treasury yields. Additional support for the greenback comes from resilient inflation readings, expectations that the Federal Reserve will maintain a restrictive policy stance, and cautious investor sentiment ahead of the release of the preliminary ADP employment report. At the same time, market participants continue to monitor oil price dynamics and other economic indicators that could alter perceptions of the health of the US economy.

Despite continued demand for the dollar, the next directional move remains uncertain. Both USD/JPY and USD/CAD have reached important technical resistance levels, where either profit-taking and a local correction may emerge, or a fresh bullish impulse could develop if US labour market data come in stronger than expected.



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Gold: Attempt to Break Out of the Short-Term Trend


Fundamental backdrop
In April, US inflation stood at 3.8% year-on-year — the highest level since May 2023. A significant contribution came from rising fuel prices amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. Market reaction was somewhat paradoxical: instead of inflows into safe-haven assets, the strong CPI print triggered a reassessment of Federal Reserve monetary policy. Expectations of a possible rate hike by the end of the year appear to have strengthened the US dollar and weighed on gold.

By the end of May, the precious metal had lost more than 4% and is currently trading roughly 20% below its January record high. Markets are now awaiting labour market data and comments from Federal Reserve officials as key guidance for the next reassessment of monetary expectations.



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Market Structure Shift (MSS) in Trading


A Market Structure Shift (MSS) is an ICT trading concept used to identify potential changes in market direction. It typically occurs when price fails to maintain the existing structure and breaks a key swing level with strong momentum, known as displacement.

Traders use MSS across forex and CFD markets to analyse possible reversals and shifts in momentum. This article explains what MSS means in trading, how traders identify it, and how it differs from BOS and CHoCH.

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