Line, bar and candle charts

Learning a chart's language

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In this lesson

Read a candlestick: open, high, low, close, body and wick — and what long wicks and big bodies tell you.

Key takeaways

Each candle shows the open, high, low and close of one period.
Green: closed above the open. Red: closed below the open.
Big bodies show one side in control; long wicks show prices that were rejected.
A small body with long wicks (a doji) shows indecision.

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