Doji Candlestick Pattern

The Doji candlestick pattern is made up of a candlestick that goes both postive and negative, but ultimately closes at the same price of the open. A doji indicates indecision in the market, in that the currency pair edged higher, but ultimately closed at exactly the same price of open. Typically these are found at the top and bottom of charts, due to opposing forces of the market.
Here is an example of the doji candlestick pattern:

Engulfing Candlestick Pattern

The engulfing candestick pattern can be both a bullish and bearish signal depending on how the candlesticks form. The first candlestick is comprised of a small body candlestick followed by a large candlestick (either positive or negative) that “engulfs” the previous candlestick.
Here is an example of the engulfing candlestick pattern:

Evening Star Candlestick Pattern

Very much like the evening doji star, the evening star consists of a positive candlestick followed by a small body candlestick poised above the first candle, and one last candlestick that opens lower and declines deep into the first candlestick. This candlestick pattern appears only at the top of charts.
Here is an example of the Evening Star candlestick pattern:

Evening Doji Star Candlestick Pattern

The evening doji star is one of the most bearish candlesticks, consisting of a large uptick in price, followed by a doji, then a decreasing candlestick. This three candlestick pattern is extremely effective in finding market tops, as it reflects a move to the upside, indecision, then a large dip in the current price. This candlestick pattern is only found at market tops.
Here is an example of the Evening Doji Star candlestick pattern:

Dark Cloud Cover Candlestick Pattern

Dark cloud cover is a bearish signal to investors, indicating that the price of a currency pair is soon the fall. Dark cloud cover begins with an advancing candlestick that is overshadowed by a declining candlestick that opens higher than the last close but also closes below the midpoint of the fist candlstick.Here is an example of the dark cloud cover candlestick pattern:

Forex Stop Loss and Take Profit

Arguably, the stop loss and take profit orders are the two most important order types for foreign exchange traders. The two orders are essentially orders on top of another order. The stop loss allows you to determine at what price you want to cut your losing trades and the take profit allows you to enter what price you’d like to close a position for a profit.

The Stop Loss

A stop loss should be entered for each and every trade you ever make on the foreign exchange market. A stop loss prevents you from runaway losers, due to the fact that it will automatically close a losing position before your account balance is depleted. It would never be recommended to trade without a stop loss as doing so is like risking your entire account balance on one trade.
If you were to buy a lot of GBP/USD but wished not to lose more than $250 on this single trade, you would set your stop loss 25 pips below the price at which you entered the trade. If you bought GBP/USD at $1.50, you’d want to enter a stop loss at $1.4975, thus preventing a loss greater than $250.

The Trailing Stop

The trailing stop is a different kind of stop loss order offered by a few brokerage accounts. Many investors, particularly momentum traders, like to use trailing stops to both limit their losses, and also to lock in gains. The trailing stop lags the current price by the amount set. For instance, if you were to buy EUR/USD at 1.3150, and wish to lose no more than 50 pips, your trailing stop would sit at 1.3100. If the price were to advance to 1.3175, your trailing stop would then move to 1.3125, lagging the market by the 50 pip differential that you set.
The trailing stop is a more advanced type of stop loss but can be used by any trader. Ultimately, the trailing stop will activate at a price that is X number of pips lower than the price you set. If the EUR/USD was to advance from 1.3150 to 1.3350 without ever dipping more than 50 pips at any given time, you would be in the position all the way to 1.3350. If it had dipped deeper than 50 pips, your stop loss would have been executed.

Take Profits

Take profit orders are the opposite of a stop loss. The take profit is a price at which you would like to close your position for a profit, above or below the current price of the currency. Just like a stop loss, you can enter this order either during your initial entry to buy a currency, or after, and it can be changed at any time.