what is a spinning top candlestick 
a spinning top is a candlestick pattern with a short real body that s vertically centered between long upper and lower shadows the candlestick pattern represents indecision about the future direction of the asset it means that neither buyers nor sellers could gain the upper hand a candlestick pattern forms when the buyers push the price up during a given time period and the sellers push the price down during the same time period but ultimately the closing price ended up very close to the open after a strong price advance or decline spinning tops can signal a potential price reversal if the candle that follows confirms a spinning top can have a close above or below the open but the two prices are always close together 