A Candlestick Chart shows each period's open, high, low and close as a body with wicks. The body's colour signals up or down, and the shape reveals market sentiment.
How traders read it
- The most popular chart type for price action.
- Bodies and wicks feed candlestick pattern analysis.
- Colour shows whether buyers or sellers won the period.
See it in dtcharts
Switch chart type any time in the dtcharts terminal from the chart-type menu.