Traders often rely on Japanese candlestick charts to observe the price action of financial assets. Candlestick graphs give twice as much information as a standard line chart. They also allow you to ...

Yarilet Perez is an experienced multimedia journalist and fact-checker with a Master of Science in Journalism. She has worked in multiple cities covering breaking news, politics, education, and more.

A candlestick shows an asset’s price movement over a set amount of time. This can be anywhere from a minute to a day, depending on the price chart. They display four different price levels which an ...