Reading the market regime before prices move

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Neutral ◆ · Pattern 43

Four Price Doji

Four-Price Doji

The Four-Price Doji is the rarest doji form: open, close, high and low all sit at one level, so the candle shows as a horizontal line. It points to complete stagnation and missing liquidity more than to a direction.

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PATTERN ID
Signal Neutral ◆
Reliability ★★☆☆☆
Win Rate 50%
Expected move Variable
Timeframe Low-liquidity markets
Confirmation Required

The short answer

What is a Four-Price Doji candle?
The Four-Price Doji (Four-Price Doji) is the rarest doji form: open, close, high and low all sit at one level, so the candle shows as a horizontal line. It points to complete stagnation and missing liquidity more than to a direction.
How do you recognize a Four-Price Doji candle?
The four prices (open/close/high/low) are equal. It shows as a horizontal line with no body and no shadows, and is common in thinly traded assets or very short timeframes.
Is the Four-Price Doji candle a bullish or bearish signal?
It belongs to the indecision / stagnation patterns, is made of a single candle, and confirmation is required. Its reference success rate is 50%. You can spot it yourself on live daily candles for any symbol in the members' technical terminal. Open the technical terminal →
Pattern illustration
A horizontal line: all four prices at one level

How to identify the pattern

Step-by-step checks
  • The four prices (open/close/high/low) are equal
  • Shows as a horizontal line with no body and no shadows
  • Common in thinly traded assets or very short timeframes
  • Limited analytical value on its own

Trading psychology

The power struggle between buyers and sellers
No real trading moved the price. The market is frozen with no participants. What it mostly reflects is weak liquidity, not a directional decision. It is usually ignored unless later volume follows.

Outlook and confirmation

Entry conditions and expected price move
Needs confirmation in the next session
A very weak signal on its own. Ignore it in thinly traded assets. Any decision needs a following candle with clear volume.
Ideal setting for the pattern
Weak liquidity
Typical timeframe: low-liquidity markets

Where to find it on the platform

  • Technical terminal for members
    Shows the daily-timeframe candles for any symbol on the platform's list. You identify the pattern by eye: the terminal does not name it.