Journal

Pages from the candle book

Short essays from the Icheon desk on candlestick bodies, pattern coverage, and the price-action marks that follow, written after evenings in the room.

Close view of hand-drawn candlestick bodies and wicks on ivory paper under copper light

18 February 2026 · Choi Sanho

Read the body before you invent a story

A candle’s story starts with the open-to-close range. The wick is a note in the margin, not the headline.

Ivory chart sheet showing a long lower wick with a pencil note beside the next candle close

6 May 2026 · Han Yebin

When a rejection mark is allowed to stay

A long wick is only a rejection if the next candle refuses to reclaim the midpoint. Otherwise it is a measurement.

Two hand-drawn candlesticks where the second body fully covers the first on ivory paper

11 July 2026 · Choi Sanho

An engulfing pair needs real coverage

Parallel drama is not enough. The second body has to cover the first, and the context bar has to earn the comparison.

A sequence of hand-drawn candlesticks that push, pause with small bodies, then push again

1 September 2026 · Han Yebin

Continuation versus a pause on the same sheet

Small bodies after a push are not automatically a reversal. They are often a pause that still belongs to the same path.