Reading candlestick charts the practical way

Candles are just a record of who won the session. Instead of memorising exotic names, learn to read location, range and closing position.

Watch for a narrow-range candle after a trend, a wide-range candle at a level, a failed breakout that closes back inside, and higher lows forming into resistance.

Each of these tells you where stops sit, which is the only actionable information a chart really gives you.

Pair the structure with volume and you have a repeatable process instead of pattern trivia.