Reading Candlesticks

Each candlestick shows four prices over its time period: Open, High, Low, Close. The body is open-to-close; the wicks reach to the high and low.

A green/up candle means close > open (buyers won the period). Red/down means sellers dominated. Long wicks signal indecision or failed moves.

Patterns like 'hammer' (long lower wick, small body at top) and 'engulfing' (one candle's body swallows the previous) hint at potential reversals — but they're context-dependent, not magic.