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 ...

If you prefer to leave math and graphs in your past with school, being a stock trader probably isn't for you. Stock traders fall into two categories, according to Angelo DeCandia, professor of ...

Crypto charts display open-high-low-close (OHLC) data. OHLC data helps traders track price movements, analyze volatility and identify trading opportunities. The X-axis represents timeframes, while the ...

Stella Osoba is the Senior Editor of trading and investing at Investopedia. She co-founded and chaired Women in Technical Analysis. She has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer and technical ...

Here are seven of the best books written on technical analysis to help traders and investors understand and apply technical analysis.