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 ...

Though they originated from the Japanese rice trade centuries ago, candlesticks have made their way into modern-day charts. Their ability to convey much information in a simple diagram and ease of ...

Candlestick charts are the gold standard, providing a visual map of price movement through open, high, low, and close data ...

Stock candlestick patterns provide valuable insights into a stock’s supply and demand dynamics, giving traders and investors a bird's-eye view of current market sentiment. Some traders may use ...

From Tokyo rice markets to Wall Street trading floors, candlestick patterns have stood the test of time. Now, in the high-stakes world of cryptocurrency trading, where government policies can shift ...

If you prefer to leave math and graphs in your past with school, being a stock trader probably isn't for you. Stock traders fall into two categories, according to Angelo DeCandia, professor of ...

ADoji candlestick shows indecisiveness in the market, wherein buying and selling behavior offset each other in a particular timeframe. The Doji candlestick, also called a Doji star, shows indecision ...

Stella Osoba is the Senior Editor of trading and investing at Investopedia. She co-founded and chaired Women in Technical Analysis. She has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer and technical ...