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Friday, November 27, 2009

Essential Chart Guides: Candlestick Patterns

By Brad Morgan

One of the traders helpers in developing methods of candlestick charts are the candlestick patterns. They are quite essential when one is engaged in the setting up of basic systems that will indicate a trend formation so you can start trading.

Candlesticks have a formation that exhibits the open, high, low and closing price of a currency, stock or commodity over a stretch of time. You can basically choose the time frame that you want to show.

5 minutes is universal for day traders but you might pick 15 minutes in some instances. For longer period trading you can pick longer periods.

The body of the candle records the difference between the open and close values. If it is white (or green/blue on a colored chart) the open is the lower boundary of the elongated body and the price advanced during the period you are examining. If it is black (or red on a colored chart then the opening price is the top boundary and the price plummeted.

In candles, vertical lines poking up from the top and down from the bottom are known as wicks. The highest rate ever accomplished during the period is the top of the upper wick section. On the other hand, the lowest value is the bottom of the lower wick area.

The blessing of this method of analysis is that the trader can without delay see whether prices rose or fell over the period. A white or green candle reveals a rising price or bearish tendency and a black or red candle illustrates a crumbling price or bullish tendency.

Aside from this, the high and low comparably to open and close prices are directly clear. Then you may have an entirely solid candle without a wick.

This is named as the Marubozu pattern. In this event the rates never went lower or higher than their opening and closing points.

If the shape is black or red, the opening market price was the high and the closing value was the low. If it is white or green, the opening value was the low and the closing rate was the high.

A longish body means a relatively constant movement either up or down. A lengthy wick situated on either bottom or top would denote a reversal.

In conclusion, to ensure exact trend reading, candlestick must be read within the context of the preceding candlesticks. You then can go ahead to make more intricate candlestick patterns that will imply probable future trends. - 23310

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