Market Data

Candlestick

Definition

What is Candlestick?

A chart element showing an asset's open, high, low, and close for a period.

Example in practice

A daily candlestick summarises one trading session.

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The first official or regular-session traded price for a period.

The highest traded price during a stated period.

The lowest traded price during a stated period.

The tendency of assets with strong recent performance to continue outperforming for a period.

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