How to confirm it is a long candle?

http://i.imgur.com/kVSPT.png

Q1: Different between A,D
Q2: Diferent between A,B,C
Q3: How to confirm it is a long candle ?

maxryan9999: What makes the candles different is the place where they form, so for...

question 1: A is an extremely long candle but you would not take it by itself to make a trading decision, by what i can see it formed after a trend and being relatively larger than the previous i would suggest it is an overbought indication, many times they tend to indicate an upcoming consolidation so D is forming right against a support level and I would not make any trading decisions based on it.

question 2: B is coming right after a great looking pinbar so I would take it as a confirmation candle for a long trade providing we are in a major uptrend and A looks like a nice spot to place a Take Profit target, D seems just a little candle forming an inside bar with the previous one, given the fact that we are at support could very well indicate a small reversal to the uptrend but the momentum is against it.

question 3: There is no clear or simple way to confirm a candle is long as it relative to its nearest peers and the place where it forms, you may however confirm it is by watching other price action indications like a pin bar (B), a break out candle, the breaching of a trendline, etc, I believe experience will show you better than any other mechanical way, yet again this is only my opinion.

Thank i don't know call this candle is long candle or doji long leg or marubozu ? :-s I don't know what is this ?
Real Body = Above Leg , Below Leg very short


http://i.imgur.com/avzyG.png

close is above open = long candle.

maxryan9999: Do not worry about the name, that might get somewhat subjective, what is important is the fact you are aware that is a great reaction candle, its long tail to the upside only means there is some resistance for price to get any higher, consider the fact it originated very near the 1.2600, that is a pretty round number, considered by many as a resistance level, for the relation between the legs I would say that the lower being so much smaller than the higher is really bearish and sum up to that the fact we are in a downtrend, that alone should give you the going short bias however... take caution those are volatile candlesticks (look how diferent its candle is in size to the rest), cheers!.

Oh for the record I fould it hard to name it as well and that could mean it is none of those, just an odd candle (there will be so many)...

How would you navigate something like that! Blows my mind

10 pips is a long candle on a 1 minute chart however 50 pips is a super short candle on a weekly chart... its horses for courses.