Introduction
The Candle’s Hidden Language
Before structure forms, before liquidity sweeps,
before Smart Money deliver, there is the candle itself.
The Body is the heartbeat of price.
It reveals strength, commitment, and conviction.
It separates noise from narrative, and hesitation from control.
Every candle’s body
is a message, it’s the market’s raw, unfiltered truth.
What Is the Body of a Candle?
The Definition:
📊 The Body is the solid portion of a candle,
it’s the distance between its open and close.
It tells you who dominated the battle:
- A large bullish body = buyers in control
- A large bearish body = sellers delivering price
- A small body = indecision, absorption, or engineered pause
But in Smart Money Concepts,
the Body is more than a shape,
it’s intent made visible.
💬 In simple terms:
The Body reveals the commitment behind a move.
📍 It’s not just size, it’s sentiment.
Why the Body Matters
The Body matters because it:
- Shows strength behind displacement
- Confirms whether a move is real or manipulated
- Helps identify momentum vs. hesitation
- Offers insight into liquidity absorption
- Defines the character of expansion candles
💡 Every large body is a footprin,
and Smart Money does not leave footprints accidentally.
How Retail Traders Use Candle Bodies
1️⃣ Study body size during key moments (sweeps, expansion, mitigation)
2️⃣ Enter only after a strong body confirms displacement
3️⃣ Identify imbalance creation, because large bodies leave voids
4️⃣ Avoid trading during small-bodied chop
5️⃣ Journal body behavior inside sessions
📍 The Body isn’t where you guess,
it’s where you observe.
Example
Understanding Body Behavior
Price sweeps liquidity above a high.
A massive bearish candle forms,
full-bodied, minimal wick.
This is displacement.
This is Smart Money delivering price.
The next candles show smaller bodies,
pulling back into the imbalance left behind.
Then another strong body confirms continuation.
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Retail sees “big candles.”
Smart Money sees validation.
The Do Nots
Common Mistakes Traders Make
❌ Ignoring body size during displacement
❌ Entering inside small-bodied consolidation
❌ Misreading large wicks as strength
❌ Trading during absorption without confirmation
❌ Not tracking body behavior across sessions
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The body you don’t understand today
becomes the candle you master tomorrow.
Final Thoughts
The Body is the market’s signature.
It’s where aggression becomes visible,
where intention becomes measurable,
and where Smart Money quietly leaves the truth behind.
Because true mastery in trading
isn’t reading candles,
it’s reading commitment.