The Easiest Way to Read Candlestick Charts
Saturday, 26. February 2011 18:21
The beauty of candlesticks is that you can see the direction of price movements at a glance. Not only do you see if the candle as a whole is above or below the prior one, but you can also tell by the colors whether it marked a reversal or a continuation of the trend. Certain patterns are especially important in learning the best way to read candlestick charts. In some cases of course the open or close will be the high or the low.
In another case, the opening and closing costs could have been the same. Then there isn’t any candle body but only wicks stretching up and down from the horizontal line that marks the open and close. This is called a Doji pattern. The colour of the candle will tell you whether or not it is an upward or downward movement.
On the other hand if the wicks are long and the body is short or non existent, more like the Doji pattern, this could indicate a choppy market with big fluctuations.
Of course one candlestick on it’s own is not enough to form the foundation of a trading call. You’ll always look at a sequence of candles. For example, you can draw trend lines along the highest highs and lowest lows on candlestick charts. These will help you to identify whether a trend is forming, or if the lines are converging, whether a breakout could be expected. When you know how to read candlestick charts you can base systems around these suggestions.
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