What does a modern stock market analyst and a 17th century Japanese rice trader have in common? A little more than you may think. In fact, both have been known to be fond of a very particular charting ...

Candlestick charts are a cornerstone in technical analysis and perhaps one of the earliest forms of technical analysis, having been developed in the 18th century in Japan by rice trader Munehisa Homma ...

Casey Murphy has fanned his passion for finance through years of writing about active trading, technical analysis, market commentary, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), commodities, futures, options, and ...

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 ...

Candlestick is one of the most important charting style used to analyse and understand the psychology of the market participants. The stock market comes with its set of risks for investors and traders ...

When custom homebuilder-turned-stock-trader Ryan Litchfield discovered candlestick charting, he saw the symbols as "a mystery that seemed full of secrets." If you understood the patterns, he thought, ...

With the stock markets on a bull run fuelled by ample liquidity, interest in guessing the next move of the indices and individual stocks is running high. Technical analysis could come in handy here.

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 ...