Reading a crypto chart

A candlestick chart squeezes four numbers into one shape: where price opened, where it closed, and the highest and lowest points in between. A green candle closed higher than it opened, a red one closed lower. The thin lines above and below the body show how far price reached before being pushed back.

Long bodies mean one side dominated the whole period.

Long wicks mean price was rejected at that level and pulled back.

Small bodies with wicks on both sides mean the market could not decide.

Charts describe what already happened. They do not predict. The value of reading one is context: knowing whether you are buying after a long run or during a quiet stretch.