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 ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

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 ...

What does a modern stock market analyst and a 17th century Japanese rice trader have in common? A little more than you may think. In fact, both have been known to be fond of a very particular charting ...

When custom homebuilder-turned-stock-trader Ryan Litchfield discovered candlestick charting, he saw the symbols as "a mystery that seemed full of secrets." If you understood the patterns, he thought, ...

Candlestick patterns are a financial technical analysis method that visually represents daily price movement information on a candlestick chart. A candlestick chart, on the other hand, is a form of ...

For many investors and traders, looking at a stock chart means navigating a confusing array of lines, squiggles, and colorful technical indicators like the RSI, MACD, or Stochastic Oscillator. These ...