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If you’ve ever looked at a trading platform and seen a chart filled with rectangles and vertical lines, you’ve already encountered a candlestick chart — even if you didn’t realize it. These colorful ...

In this post we will review the different types of charts you can use to perform technical analysis on foreign exchange (forex) currencies. Although we are focusing on forex technical analysis, the ...

Traders often rely on Japanese candlestick charts to observe the price action of financial assets. Candlestick graphs give twice as much information as a standard line chart. They also allow you to ...

Candlestick charts are frequently used in trading because they pack a lot of information in an easy-to-read design. They tell you more information than line charts, and with a single candlestick, you ...

Candlestick patterns are useful when trading in securities, derivatives, commodities, or currencies. The patterns display market trends at a glance. Japanese candlestick patterns identify bullish or ...

Dozens of bullish and bearish live candlestick chart patterns for the OBX Basic Materials PR index and use them to predict future market behavior. The patterns are available for hundreds of indexes in ...

Dozens of bullish and bearish live candlestick chart patterns for the OBX Basic Materials NR index and use them to predict future market behavior. The patterns are available for hundreds of indexes in ...

I have read a bit about candlesticks and what they mean but could you go over what the bodies and the wicks signify? Thanks. Take a look at the diagram below and that will shed quite a bit of light on ...