How to Read a Candlestick: Open, High, Low & Close

Summary

Hollow Point Trading shares an original animation explaining how one candlestick summarizes the open, high, low, and close. See how the body connects the open and close, the wick tips mark price extremes, and changing the chart timeframe changes the interval represented—useful basics for reading price action before anticipating a move.

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How to Read a Candlestick: Open, High, Low & Close
A candle summarizes four prices: open, high, low and close. Its body joins the open and close, while the wick tips mark the extremes. Changing the chart timeframe changes the interval each candle summarizes. Read the structure before predicting the next move.

Original Hollow Point Trading animation using an illustrative price sequence and HPT n...

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