Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

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 ...

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 ...

What is a Japanese Candlestick? A Japanese candlestick chart displays a security's opening, closing, high and low prices for a given period. The central part of the candlestick, or the body, ...

Fundamental analysis tries to determine value and estimate the future market price based on a stock's underlying fundamentals. Technical analysis relies on charts to forecast prices. The goal of ...