A type of chart used by traders to help determine potential future movement based on past patterns. A candlestick chart displays four price points (the open, close, high, and low) within a time-period specified by the trader. For hundreds of years, we’ve known that supply-and-demand and trading are based on emotion. The candlestick patterns are ways of reading and interpreting that emotion.
Candlestick Patterns
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We don't know everything about the markets. We're just devoted to learning. Taken from those smarter than ourselves, here's how we define Candlestick Patterns.