Level 2 of 6

Clerk: Reading the Chart

12 lessons. 0 of 12 published so far; the rest are being written.

1. 1What a price chart showsOutline

   Price over time, and why traders rely on charts

2. 2Chart typesOutline

   Line, bar, and candlestick, and why most traders use candles

3. 3Candle anatomyOutline

   Open, high, low, close, body, and wicks

4. 4Up vs. down candlesOutline

   Taught through shape and fill (hollow vs. filled), not color alone

5. 5Reading candle sizeOutline

   Big bodies, long wicks, and doji indecision candles

6. 6Common candle shapesOutline

   Doji, hammer, engulfing, as vocabulary, not signals

7. 7TimeframesOutline

   1-, 5-, 15-minute and daily; one move seen on each

8. 8Non-time chartsOutline

   Tick, volume, and range charts, and why futures traders use them

9. 9VolumeOutline

   What it counts and how to read volume bars

10. 10Sessions on the chartOutline

    What overnight vs. RTH looks like (Runner owns the clock times)

11. 11GapsOutline

    Why the chart jumps between sessions

12. 12Setting up your first chartOutline

    Walkthrough on a free charting platform