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 ...

What does a modern stock market analyst and a 17th century Japanese rice trader have in common? A little more than you may think. In fact, both have been known to be fond of a very particular charting ...

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 ...

Candlestick is one of the most important charting style used to analyse and understand the psychology of the market participants. The stock market comes with its set of risks for investors and traders ...

With the stock markets on a bull run fuelled by ample liquidity, interest in guessing the next move of the indices and individual stocks is running high. Technical analysis could come in handy here.

Casey Murphy has fanned his passion for finance through years of writing about active trading, technical analysis, market commentary, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), commodities, futures, options, and ...

Heikin-Ashi charts are developed by Munehisa Homma, a Japanese trader in the 1700s. They are spelled as Heiken-Ashi, which means "average bar" in Japanese. The Heikin-Ashi technique can be used in ...

There are different types of charts used in technical analysis of the FX market. There are different types of charts used in technical analysis of the FX market. Some of the most common ones include ...