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Lesson 2 · 20 minutes · +55 XP

Reading Candlesticks: Open, High, Low, Close

Identify the body and wicks of a candle and describe what they record without predicting the next candle.

Upper Wick

This thin line extends from the top of the body to the highest price reached.

Body

This rectangular part shows the range between the open and close prices.

Lower Wick

This thin line extends from the bottom of the body to the lowest price reached.

Bearish Open/Bullish Close

For a bearish candle, this is the open; for a bullish candle, it's the close.

Mission briefing

Practice mission

Label the open, high, low, close, body, upper wick, and lower wick on five candle examples.

Ten questions. Pass at 80% to unlock the next lesson. Retakes use a new question variant in the production version.