If you’ve ever looked at a trading platform and seen a chart filled with rectangles and vertical lines, you’ve already encountered a candlestick chart — even if you didn’t realize it. These colorful ...

A white candlestick represents a period on a candlestick chart where the closing price is higher than the opening price, indicating a bullish trend in securities trading.

What does a modern stock market analyst and a 17th century Japanese rice trader have in common? A little more than you may think. In fact, both have been known to be fond of a very particular charting ...

What is a Japanese Candlestick? A Japanese candlestick chart displays a security's opening, closing, high and low prices for a given period. The central part of the candlestick, or the body, ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...