A candlestick depicts the battle between Bulls (buyers) and Bears (sellers) over a given period of time. 1  An analogy to this battle can be made between two football teams, which we can also call the Bulls and the Bears.
1. check stub-the part of a check that is retained as a record. counterfoil, stub. record-anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques.
Definition of check. 1  1 : exposure of a chess king to an attack from which he must be protected or moved to safety with his king in check. 2  2a : a sudden stoppage of a forward course or progress : arrest the outbreak of war in 1939 gave a sudden check to the sculptor's work â Herbert Readb : a checking of an opposing player (as in ice hockey)