Narrow-Spread Bar
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Definition
A candle with a small body relative to recent ranges; on low volume confirms quiet absorption, on high volume signals churning / hidden activity.
Narrow-Spread Bar in plain English
A candle (or "bar") on a price chart shows how far the price traveled during a slice of time — the taller it is, the more the price moved. A narrow-spread bar is a short one: the price barely budged, like a tug-of-war rope that hardly moves because both teams pull equally hard. What matters is the volume (how many shares actually traded). Short bar plus LOW volume means almost nobody cared — a genuine quiet moment. But short bar plus HIGH volume is suspicious: tons of buying and selling happened yet the price went nowhere, meaning big players were secretly soaking up all the shares people tried to unload ("absorption" or "churning") while keeping the price pinned.
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