Live crypto candlestick chart

How to read this chart

Each candle covers one period of the timeframe you choose. The body spans the open and close; the thin wick above and below shows the highest and lowest price reached. A long wick with a small body means price went somewhere and came back — often where stop orders were taken. Our guide on reading candlestick charts covers the patterns worth knowing, and support and resistance explains why price turns at particular levels.

Choosing a timeframe

Shorter timeframes show more detail and more noise. A five-minute chart will present dozens of apparent signals a day, most of which are nothing. The daily chart shows fewer and they mean more. If you are deciding where to place a stop, measure it on the timeframe you intend to hold for — a stop sized from a five-minute chart will be hit by ordinary movement on a multi-day position. The volatility panel gives the average daily range for each market, which is the floor for any stop distance.