MSFT: Why a Five-Minute Close Isn’t an Average
Summary
Hollow Point Trading shares a short explainer using historical IEX observations for Microsoft from October 8, 2026. It shows how a five-minute interval contains five one-minute bars and clarifies why the candle close is not the average of five closes—a useful distinction for reading charts accurately.
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MSFT: a five-minute close is not an average #Shorts
A five minute candle close is not the average of five closes. This Microsoft example uses historical IEX observations from October eighth, twenty twenty six. The highlighted interval begins at fifteen ten UTC. It contains five one minute bars. The first open is five thirty point nine zero. The highest high is also five thirty point nine zero. Th...
