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Green up, red down; open, close, high, low; long wick or short — read them one candle at a time, then read the whole chart. A candlestick course for crypto beginners, built to keep you from getting played.
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Three steps: from one candle to the whole chart
No indicator soup, no calls to buy. Decode a single candle first, then learn patterns, read volume, and finally learn to sidestep the traps.
Open, close, high, low and the wick of one candle — get one candle right before you stare at a wall of red and green.
Hammers, engulfing candles, dojis, volume — how to recognise the common signals, and how not to over-read them.
Chasing green, wick hunts, fake breakouts, fake-out volume — the chart traps beginners misread, taken apart one by one.
8 chart tools that run in your browser and give no buy or sell calls
Everything runs in your browser. We collect nothing, and none of it predicts price or tells you to buy or sell — it just helps you read the chart.
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How to read a candlestick chart: from one candle to the whole picture
A single candle holds four prices and two moods. This piece takes it apart in full, then shows you how to string one candle into the next — the first lesson in reading a chart.
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The chart file · look up the part you're stuck on
Each page clears up one thing that trips people up on a candlestick chart. Read them in order from the basics, or jump straight to the question in front of you.