You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. Welcome to the new Tradimo learning platform. If you come from the previous version of Tradimo, you need to register again. Apologies for the inconvenience. Here is our special offer for new users: Japanese candlesticks are a way of presenting the price action over a set period of time. They provide useful information, such as the market sentiment or possible reversals in the markets, by showing the price movement in a specific way.

When you trade something, whether it is forex, stocks or commodities, you will use price charts to see the price movement in the markets. The line chart is a very simple way of showing the price movement. It displays the information with a simple line using a series of data points.

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It is the type of chart that you may be used to seeing in magazines and newspapers that shows the price movement of stocks and shares. The Japanese candlestick chart shows the same price movement, however it is made up of individual candlesticks. Traders prefer to read candlestick charts because they include more information than a line chart and can be more useful for making trading decisions. If a Japanese candlestick chart is set to a 30 minute time period, then each individual candle will form over thirty minutes.

Likewise, if the chart is set to a 15 minute time period, then each candle will take fifteen minutes to form. The two candles in the green shaded area in the left chart are two 30 minute candles.

This represents the exact same period as the twelve shaded candles on the 5 minute chart to the right. The two charts are showing the price action of the same asset, only the chart to the left is showing the price action over a much longer period than the chart to the right.

This is because the chart to the left is a 30 minute chart, meaning that each candle took thirty minutes to form, and the chart to the right is a 5 minute chart, meaning that each candlestick took five minutes to form. The 30 minute chart therefore shows a much broader time scale of price action than the 5 minute chart. The wide part of the candlestick is called the body.

It represents the open and close of the period. This means that if the chart is a 1 hour chart, then each candlestick body will show the opening price for that 1 hour period and the closing price for that 1 hour period. The wicks at the top and the bottom of the candlestick show the highest and lowest price reached during that 1 hour period. A chart that displays the open, high, low and close price for a given period is referred to as a OHLC chart.

The different colours of the body tell you if the candlestick is bullish rising or bearish falling. At tradimo, we have set our candlesticks to orange for bearish candles and blue for bullish candles.

It does not matter what colour your candlesticks are; they can be set to any colour in your trading software. If the candlestick is bullish, then the opening price is always at the bottom and the closing price is always at the top. If the candlestick is bearish, then the opening price is always at the top and the closing price is always at the bottom. The different colours simply provide a means for you to instantly tell if they are bullish or bearish. The candlestick in this illustration is a period of 1 day, which means that the candle took an entire day to form.

This, however, only shows the OHLC for that day. If you wanted to see the price movement in more detail, you would go to a lower time frame. Using the example above, to find out more specifically what happened during the course of that day — that day being the single candlestick shown — you could go to a 1 hour time frame chart.

This chart would show candlesticks that more accurately depict the price movement throughout the day. Similarly, you could go to an even lower time frame — say, a 15 minute or a 5 minute time frame — and find out how the price behaved in even more detail. You will explore the methods of choosing which time frame best suits your trading style in further lessons.

The candlestick in this illustration is a one hour period, which means that the candle took an hour to form. Although a trader can use practically any time period for each candle, the most common periods are M1 1 minute , M5, M15, M30, H1 1 hour , H4, D1 1 day , W1 1 week and MN1 1 month.

The time frames that are available for your use will depend on the trading platform you choose to use. Tradimo helps people to actively take control of their financial future by teaching them how to trade, invest and manage their personal finance.

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The educational content on Tradimo is presented for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Courses Premium Community Brokers About Log in. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. How to read Japanese candlestick charts Japanese candlesticks are a way of presenting the price action over a set period of time.

A Japanese candlestick chart shows you more information When you trade something, whether it is forex, stocks or commodities, you will use price charts to see the price movement in the markets.

Consider the following two charts: A line chart is simplistic and only displays price movement in a line. A Japanese candlestick chart shows more information within each individual candlestick. Each Japanese candlestick represents a specific time frame. If the time period is set for 30 minutes, then each individual candle will take 30 minutes to form.

The opening price, highest price, lowest price and closing price of a given period is often referred to as the OHLC. Charts that display this information are often called OHLC charts. Japanese Candlesticks - the only chart type you need.

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