[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":115},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article:\u002Farticles\u002Freading-a-candlestick-chart":3},{"article":4,"related":100},{"id":5,"title":6,"author":7,"body":8,"category":85,"description":86,"extension":87,"kind":88,"meta":89,"navigation":90,"path":91,"publishedAt":92,"readingTime":93,"reviewer":94,"seo":95,"stem":96,"trending":97,"updatedAt":98,"__hash__":99},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Freading-a-candlestick-chart.md","How to Read a Candlestick Chart","Lynktor Editorial Team",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":77},"minimark",[11,16,20,47,50,54,57,63,67,70,74],[12,13,15],"h2",{"id":14},"one-candle-four-prices","One candle, four prices",[17,18,19],"p",{},"Each candlestick covers one period, such as a day. It shows four prices:",[21,22,23,31,37],"ul",{},[24,25,26,30],"li",{},[27,28,29],"strong",{},"Open",": the first trade of the period.",[24,32,33,36],{},[27,34,35],{},"Close",": the last trade.",[24,38,39,42,43,46],{},[27,40,41],{},"High"," and ",[27,44,45],{},"low",": the extremes, shown by thin lines called wicks or shadows.",[17,48,49],{},"The thick body spans the open and the close. When the close is above the open, the candle is usually drawn green or hollow. When the close is below the open, it is red or filled.",[12,51,53],{"id":52},"what-the-shape-suggests","What the shape suggests",[17,55,56],{},"A long body shows strong movement in one direction. Long wicks show prices that were reached but rejected. A tiny body with long wicks, often called a doji, shows indecision.",[58,59,60],"pull-quote",{},[17,61,62],{},"A candle tells you what happened, not what will happen next.",[12,64,66],{"id":65},"use-with-care","Use with care",[17,68,69],{},"Patterns are probabilities, not signals that guarantee an outcome. Many traders combine candles with volume, trend, and support and resistance levels, and always size positions so that being wrong is affordable.",[12,71,73],{"id":72},"try-it","Try it",[17,75,76],{},"Pick a stock on our markets page and switch between ranges. Notice how a single daily move looks very different on a five-year chart.",{"title":78,"searchDepth":79,"depth":79,"links":80},"",2,[81,82,83,84],{"id":14,"depth":79,"text":15},{"id":52,"depth":79,"text":53},{"id":65,"depth":79,"text":66},{"id":72,"depth":79,"text":73},"trading","Open, high, low, close: a guide to the chart traders use most, and the limits of chart patterns.","md","guide",{},true,"\u002Farticles\u002Freading-a-candlestick-chart","2026-05-27",1,"Lynktor Research Desk",{"title":6,"description":86},"articles\u002Freading-a-candlestick-chart",false,"2026-09-08","_WQnKFzvv9UX12pJIx8VHohoodjctkXwk3u7I7F4SgY",[101,106,111],{"title":102,"description":103,"path":104,"category":105,"readingTime":93},"What the Fed Does With Interest Rates","How the Federal Reserve's policy rate reaches your mortgage, your savings account, and the stock market.","\u002Farticles\u002Fwhat-the-fed-does-with-interest-rates","economy",{"title":107,"description":108,"path":109,"category":110,"readingTime":93},"Why Starting Early Beats Investing More","Two savers put in the same $96,000. One ends up with more than twice as much. The difference is twenty years of compounding.","\u002Farticles\u002Fwhy-starting-early-beats-investing-more","investing",{"title":112,"description":113,"path":114,"category":110,"readingTime":93},"The Hidden Cost of a 1% Fund Fee","A fee that looks small takes nearly a quarter of a portfolio over thirty years. Here is how the math works.","\u002Farticles\u002Fthe-hidden-cost-of-fund-fees",1793226379287]