The speed and strength of a move: candle size, how far closes progress, and how little price pulls back.
How traders use it: Rising momentum supports continuation ideas; fading momentum near a level (smaller bodies, longer wicks) warns that a move is tiring.
Common mistake: Buying because momentum is strong right after the largest candle, with the stop far away.
Related: Impulse vs correction · Exhaustion · Compression (consolidation)
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