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شمعة بشمعة — اتصالات المغرب (IAM)

Candle by candle: IAM

Why start with IAM on the weekly chart

On the Casablanca Stock Exchange, many beginners open a daily chart and see noise. The weekly filters day-to-day headlines and highlights structure: trend, consolidation zone, rejection of a level. IAM is an ideal teaching case: high liquidity, regular dividend, relatively low volatility — candles read cleanly without the order book distorting every wick.

Practical exercise on the BVC: before reading candles, open the Maroc Telecom page on Casabourse and switch to the weekly chart. Locate the last week’s close (~91.4 MAD) and the week’s cumulative volume. Then compare with an illiquid name via the comparator to feel the difference in candle reliability.

Anatomy of a candle — minimal vocabulary

  • Body: distance between open and close. Green (bullish) if close > open; red (bearish) otherwise.
  • Upper wick: week’s high minus top of body — intraweek selling pressure.
  • Lower wick: bottom of body minus week’s low — intraweek buying pressure.
  • Close: the number that matters for the following week; on IAM, it is the institutional reference.

Golden rule in Casablanca: a single isolated candle proves nothing. Three consecutive candles in the same zone begin to tell a story.

Reading log — five IAM weeks (Casabourse data, ref. June 2026)

The table below retraces five consecutive weekly candles on IAM. Prices are rounded weekly closes from Casabourse history; volume is the period’s average daily volume.

Week Open Close High Low Avg. volume (shares/day) Candle reading
W1 — mid-May 2026 89.8 MAD 90.6 MAD 91.1 MAD 89.2 MAD 42,300 Small bullish body; short upper wick — buyers in moderate control.
W2 — late May 2026 90.6 MAD 91.9 MAD 92.4 MAD 90.1 MAD 45,800 Larger bullish body; clear break above 91 MAD — positive momentum.
W3 — early June 2026 91.9 MAD 91.2 MAD 92.8 MAD 90.8 MAD 48,200 Doji-like: long upper wick (92.8), close below open — seller rejection above 92 MAD.
W4 — mid-June 2026 91.2 MAD 90.5 MAD 91.6 MAD 90.1 MAD 41,600 Bearish candle; medium body — pullback after failure at 92.8 MAD.
W5 — current week 90.5 MAD ~91.4 MAD 91.9 MAD 90.3 MAD 44,070 Bullish recovery; bullish body retaking the 91 MAD zone — no breakout of 92.8 yet.

Sources: Casabourse weekly history (wp_bourse_price_history), average daily volumes. Dates are trading weeks when the level was reached.

The sequence in one sentence

Between 89.2 and 92.8 MAD, IAM draws a mild bullish consolidation: two weeks of progress, rejection at 92.8 MAD (W3 upper wick), pullback to 90.5 MAD, then recovery toward 91.4 MAD. As long as the weekly close stays above 90 MAD, bias remains neutral to slightly bullish.

Patterns spotted on these five candles

  1. Rejection at 92.8 MAD (W3): long upper wick + bearish close = sellers refused the level. Not a standalone sell signal, but a zone to watch.
  2. Support tested at 90.1 MAD (W4): week 4 low did not break 90 MAD — buyers defended the zone.
  3. No abnormal volume: between 41,600 and 48,200 shares/day, volume stays within IAM’s normal range. No emotional spike (unlike names such as Addoha in April 2026).

What candles do NOT tell you

Candlesticks do not replace fundamental analysis. Maroc Telecom publishes quarterly results, pays a stable dividend (~4.4% yield), and depends on domestic and African markets. A bullish candle does not offset slowing revenue. Use the Casabourse comparator to compare IAM with Attijariwafa Bank or Cosumar on fundamentals before acting.

Exercise on Casabourse

Open IAM on the weekly chart. Identify the last five candles and fill in the table yourself (open, close, high, low). Draw a horizontal line at 92.8 MAD (W3 rejection) and another at 90 MAD (support). Note: “if the weekly close breaks below 90 MAD, my bullish scenario is invalid”.

Key takeaways

  • The weekly chart filters daily noise — ideal for starting on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
  • Body = balance of power; wicks = intraweek rejections; close = reference for the next week.
  • One candle is not enough: read the sequence (here: rise, rejection, pullback, recovery).
  • IAM (~91.4 MAD, vol ~44,070/day) offers reliable candles thanks to its liquidity.
  • Candles help with timing; the fundamental thesis stays priority.

Self-check

  1. Which weekly IAM candle shows a clear rejection above 92 MAD?
  2. Which support level was tested in week 4 without breaking 90 MAD?
  3. Why is the weekly preferred to the daily for a beginner on IAM?
  4. What does a long upper wick with a bearish close mean?
  5. Why cross-check candle reading with the Casabourse comparator?