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Trading chart glossary

Six short lessons for reading the pieces of a price chart.

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01 / Glossary

Learn how candlestick bodies and wicks show the open, high, low and close for a chart period.

02 / Glossary

Learn what open, high, low and close mean and how they appear on price bars and candlesticks.

03 / Glossary

Read rising, falling and sideways price sequences and understand how timeframe changes the description.

04 / Glossary

Learn what trading volume measures, why its units matter and how to read a volume bar.

05 / Glossary

Identify a doji, compare its common shapes and read a hypothetical chart without treating it as a signal.

06 / Glossary

Recognize a hammer and compare two hypothetical follow-up candles with different outcomes.