a visual representation of price movement during a given period
(Also referred to as "Japanese Candlestick") Candlestick lines represent a single period's trading activity, be it a day, week, month or otherwise. The candlestick shows the open, high, low, and close for the period. The candlestick has two elements, the body and the wick. The body is the thick part of the candle and represents the range between the opening and closing prices. If the close is higher than the open, the body will be hollow. Conversely, if the open is higher than the close, the body will be solid. The wick shows the period's range when either the high or the low falls outside the range of the close and the open.
A bar that shows the trading range for the day, as well as the opening and closing prices. If the opening price is higher than the closing price, the rectangle in between the open and close price is shaded. If the close price is higher than the open price, that area is not shaded. Central Bank - A government or quasi-governmental organization that administrates a country's monetary policy. For example, the U.S. central bank is the Federal Reserve, and the German central bank is the Bundesbank.
Graphical representation of stock data for a given time period (usually daily). Candles display the open, high, low and close for the period and use green for up periods and red for down periods.
A Japanese version of the Bar chart where a lower close than open on a day / time period is shaded dark and a higher close day / time period is shaded light.