- Mei 24, 2013
- Gepos deur: Forex Wiki-span
- Kategorie: Forex Trading System
Understanding the chart
This is an article I wrote some time ago:
Die grafiek is a set of data containing information about prys aksie presented in a certain graphic form, a visueel form. The chart is the history of price action written in a specific picture alphabet – Candle alphabet, Bar alphabet of Linear alphabet. Data containing information about price levels is sent by the broker’s server in information packs called bosluise, and drawn by a computer programme as an element of the chart. Die linear chart contains the least information about price action, because it is presented as a linear set of averaged price levels starting at the Maak oop value and ending at the Naby value of a given period of time (Tydraam).
Die linear chart shows the neiging pretty well, egter, it does not show any other information, veral, we can not see the Hoog en Laag price levels in the given Tydraam, and it is difficult to recognize the beginning and end of each time period, thus, we cannot see the price action in this period of time. We can only see the gemiddeld run of the price van die Maak oop prys, aan die Naby prys.
Die Bar chart and the Candle chart contain the vol information about OHLC vlakke.
Die Candle chart provides a much more visualy duidelik picture of price action in a given Timeframe. As we can clearly see, a Candle consists of three areas: the candle body (from Open to Naby), the upper shadow, the lower shadow. From the structure of the candle, we read the Maak oop price level, die Hoog price level, die Laag price level and the Naby price level. Met ander woorde, we can see what the price was doing in the given Timeframe. We do not need to read the actual OHLC values, it is enough that we can see, daardie:
Ø At such and such hour, the price tested a higher level, but found some Resistance (Hoog) and began falling (upper shadow).
Ø The price fell down to a certain level and found some Ondersteuning (Laag), and there it stopped falling further.
Ø The price turned back upwards somewhat and Closed at a lower level than the previous Candle (lower shadow).
Ø Dus, the trend in this period of time was Bearish.
In the exact same way, we can read elk Candle, on every or any Tydraam grafiek.
Reading each Candle, one by one, we get the whole story, the history of the price. We see the price action. We are able to read the chart. All other indicators, suddenly, become useless, because we can read the chart itself, and we can see it all. Indicators which, in theory, are supposed to show trend, take their data directly from the charts, not from another source. Since we can, now, see it for ourselves on the chart, what do we need any indicators for?
Ø In the following hour, the price dropped some more, created a new Laag vlak, en Closed lower than the preceding Candle, thus confirming the Bearish neiging.
Ø In the hour after that, the price still dropped, created a new Laag vlak, en Closed lower than the preceding Candle. Egter, we notice that the bodies of the last two Candles are much shorter than the body of the Candle we started with, so, obviously the trend is weaker, though still there.
Ø In the still next hour, the body of the Candle is even shorter and we can see the upper and lower shadows. Dus, the price tested a lower level, found Support, tested a higher level, found Resistance, Closed lower than the preceding Candle, so the trend is still Bearish, but the price is, obviously, consolidating.
Let us take a look, again, at the Candle we startet out with.
Die Hoog price level is the Resistance level for that hour – isn’t it?
Die Laag price level is the Ondersteuning level for that hour – isn’t it?
Dus, what are the shadow areas of Candles, if not Resistance and Support Sones for the given period of time?
Following this trail, Resistance and Support Sones for a given Candle are nothing other than Prys Consolidation Zones (equilibrium or balance of Buyers en Sellers) in a smaller period of time. There were still Buyers at the Maak oop prys, so the price went op. There were no more Buyers at the Hoog prys, en Sellers took over, so the price went af. There were no more Sellers at the Laag prys, and the price started to go up again. The price went up until the Naby vlak, waar, again, the Sellers took over. With the help of a simple MT4 tool, the rectangle, we can draw such Zones, and we see even more clearly what is going on, hier!
We cannot see that on the linear chart. We can, on the Bar chart, but not as clearly.
Continuation in next post due to picture limitation per post.
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