Bar Charts Explained: The Step Before Candlesticks
A free video tutorial from Luca Moschini
Technical Trader | FinTech Investor | Chinese Medicine
23 courses
185,054 students
Lecture description
The bar chart is the most commonly used chart by traders and investors around the world. The bar chart displays a series of vertical lines and horizontal dashes. The four important price values (open, high, low, close) are displayed, which makes bar charts very useful for trading.
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Stock Trading: Technical Analysis and Candlestick Patterns
Learn chart reading, candlestick patterns, support and resistance, and indicators to identify high-probability trades
06:53:10 of on-demand video • Updated March 2026
Read and interpret stock charts using candlestick patterns
Identify trends, consolidations, and breakout setups
Draw support and resistance levels to identify high-probability trades
Use indicators like Moving Averages and On-Balance Volume (OBV) to identify and confirm trends
Manage risk with position sizing, stop losses, and risk/reward ratios
Build structured trading plans instead of reacting emotionally
Use multiple timeframes to time entries and exits
Recognize bullish, bearish, and sideways market conditions
Identify and trade key bullish candlestick patterns
Identify and trade key bearish candlestick patterns
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Barchart is the most commonly used chart by traders and investors around the world. The bar chart displays a series of vertical lines and horizontal dashes. Drawing a vertical line that connects the high price with the low price and two horizontal dashes, one on the left for the opening price and one on the right for the closing price, forms the bar chart. The top of the vertical line represents the high price of a specific time frame. The bottom of the vertical line represents the low price of a specific time frame. The left horizontal dash represents the opening price of a specific time frame, and the right horizontal dash represents the closing price of a specific time frame. The time frame can vary depending on short, medium, or long term investment strategies. While there is one minute. Five minutes. Ten minutes. 30 minutes. Hourly. Daily. Weekly or monthly. The bar chart displays the four important price values, which makes the bar chart a very useful tool for trading.