📖 Japanese candlestick charts. Part 1We are beginning a new theme “Trading strategy’s most important technical analysis tools”.
Today we are going to tell you about the most important things in trading, candlesticks!
📌Japanese candlestick charts were developed in the 17th-18th centuries by the Japanese rice traders. They were introduced to trading by Steve Nison in the 20th century. It's a simple, but very important tool for technical analysis, as these candlesticks contain different information about the market. I guess that everyone in this channel already knows how to read candlesticks, so we are going to talk about their usage.
⚡️First — its form, this shows market participants’ state and mood. It could show their doubts/balance (doji) or trend exhaustion (graph looks like a hammer or a falling star). There are only a few main models, and we are going to talk about them in the future. However, you can start learning about them yourself by saving the screenshot below.
⚡️Candlesticks show reversals and it is what we need in trading. By trading reversals you are catching the trend, it could be short or long. However, you will be able to understand when the trend is exhausting and you will be able to leave trade when there is a reversal. In addition to the presence of the reversal pattern itself, the preceding trend is important, you have to have at least 3 candles. If there isn’t a clear trend, then there is no trade. Additionally, we are looking at the candlesticks’ volumes and how trading continues after the last reversal pattern. We are entering position not on the reversal candlesticks, but on the following ones after the trade (or candlestick above/below fixation, depending on a situation)! Reversal setup is a needed factor, but it's not enough to enter a trade.
📌 And these are not all of the necessary conditions for implementation! You have to understand that you are getting rid of risky positions that not only will give you headache but could also result in losses. You should only trade in situations where you are confident in, the confidence is achieved by fulfilling very certain conditions, of which only few people in the market know about. Continued in part 2.
