Types of charts

This is part of the Education Series prepared by StockStream Financial Services. This session looks at the difference charting techniques available to technical analysts.

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Types of Charts
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Introduction
•Charts are used to represent market prices in a graphical
form.
•Charts represent market prices as a function of time.
•There are different types of charting methods. The
difference lies in the amount of data captured and the
presentation of the data. Common types are
oLine Charts
oBar Charts
oCandlestick Charts.

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Line Charts
•Connects closing prices for
the time period (daily,
hourly, etc) by a line.
•Not possible to look at
price activity for the rest of
the time period.
•Good for looking at longer
term charts where intra-
period activity becomes
insignificant.

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Bar Charts
•Shows the opening price,
closing price, low and high
made for the time period.
•Ability to look at intra-period
market sentiment and gauge
early reversal or continuation
signals
•Possible to show gaps at
market open

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Candlestick Charts
•Shows the opening price, closing
price, low and high made for the
time period.
•Extensively used in technical
analysis.
•Ability to look at intra-period
market sentiment and gauge early
reversal or continuation signals.
•Possible to show gaps at market
open.
•Candlestick patterns are
extensively used as trading
signals.

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