A doji is a balance print, not a prophecy. In one-to-one coaching we often find students circling every doji on the chart as if each demanded a reversal plan.
We sort dojis into three buckets during review:
- Mid-range pauses during a trending London morning — usually less informative than the next body’s follow-through
- Edge dojis after a stretch into a known overnight level — worth a written invalidation line
- Overlap dojis when New York liquidity arrives — read against the prior hour’s body size, not in isolation
If a coaching client leaves with fewer circled dojis and clearer session notes, the hour did its job. Pattern vocabulary matters; session timing decides how loudly that vocabulary speaks.