Reading a candlestick
Reading · ~25 min
Each candlestick shows the open, high, low, and close for one time period — green when price closed higher, red when it closed lower. Long wicks reveal rejection, while big bodies with volume show conviction; reading these stories is the foundation of all chart analysis.
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