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If you open a crypto or forex chart for the first time, it looks confusing.
Red and green candles everywhere. Wicks up and down. Price moving fast.
But the truth is simple: every candlestick is just a story of what price did during a period of time.
Once you understand one candle, the whole chart starts to make sense.
A candlestick shows four things:
Where price opened
Where price closed
The highest price it reached
The lowest price it reached
That’s it. Nothing complicated.

Each candle represents a timeframe. It could be 1 minute, 5 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day. The only difference is how long that candle took to form.
Now let’s break the candle into parts.
The thick part of the candle is called the body.
The thin lines above and below are called the wicks (or shadows).
The body shows the distance between the open and the close.
The wicks show how far price went before coming back.
If the candle is green (bullish), it means price closed higher than it opened. Buyers were in control.
If the candle is red (bearish), it means price closed lower than it opened. Sellers were in control.
This alone already tells you who won the battle during that timeframe.
But the real insight comes from the wicks.
A long upper wick means price tried to go up but was pushed back down. Sellers stepped in.
A long lower wick means price tried to go down but was pushed back up. Buyers stepped in.

This is how you start seeing rejection and pressure in the market.
For example, if you see a candle with a small body and a long lower wick at support, it often means buyers are defending that level.
If you see a candle with a long upper wick at resistance, it often means sellers are defending that area.
This is how candles help you read market behavior without any indicator.
Another important thing beginners miss is candle sequence.
One candle means little. Multiple candles together tell a story.
Many green candles in a row show strong momentum.
Many red candles in a row show strong selling pressure.
But if you start seeing small candles after a big move, it means momentum is slowing down. The market may be preparing to reverse or range.
This is why experienced traders don’t just look at one candle. They look at the pattern being formed.
Some common patterns beginners should know:
A bullish engulfing candle: a big green candle that covers the previous red candle. This shows buyers took control.
A bearish engulfing candle: a big red candle that covers the previous green candle. This shows sellers took control.
A doji: a candle with a very small body and long wicks. This shows indecision in the market.
These patterns are powerful when they appear at support or resistance.
Timeframe also matters.
A pattern on the 1-minute chart is weak.
The same pattern on the 1-hour or 4-hour chart is much stronger.
This is why higher timeframes are more reliable for beginners.
When you look at a chart after learning this, stop seeing candles as colors. Start seeing them as actions.
Ask yourself:
Who is in control here, buyers or sellers?
Is price being rejected from this level?
Is momentum increasing or slowing down?
These questions will teach you more than any indicator.
Candlesticks are the language of the market. Indicators only interpret what candles already show.
If you can read candles, you can read the chart.
And once you can read the chart, trading stops feeling like gambling and starts feeling like analysis.
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