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The size of the candlestick, the length of its shadows, positioning on the chart gives a trader clues about market behavior.
Now it is time to introduce different candlestick formations that traders closely watch for while analyzing a chart. Continue...
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The size of the candlestick tells how strong buying or selling pressure is. 
Shadows (tails) of the candlestick reveal activity of buyers and sellers. The upper shadow shows activity of buyers towards pushing the price up. The lower shadow represents sellers' activity towards pulling the price down. 
A small upper shadow plus a big lower shadow tells a trader that in the beginning sellers were dominant and forced the price down, but fell under the pressure of buyers at the end of the trading session.
A candlestick with no shadows indicated that buyers (in case of a green candle) or sellers (red candle) were dominant during the whole trading session.
A candlestick that posses a small or no body and at the same time has small shadows indicates indecisiveness between buyers and sellers and a very little trading — a weak, slow trading market.
