Drawing indices candlesticks Charts in MT5
The fourth option on the MT5 charts menu is the indices candlesticks button - used to select the chart to trade with as candlesticks.
To trade with these candlesticks, the above MetaTrader 5 buttons shows where a indices trader should select the button do choose This MetaTrader 5 option.
These are drawn using also color coding:
Red - Indices Price went down
Blue - Indices Price went up
This chart type is also preferred by many traders because they are more appealing for stock indexes trading technical analysis and easier to trade with. A lot of information can be analyzed from these charts.
These will show the Opening, High, Low, Closing stock indexes price of a particular time period. This is abbreviated OHCL.
The body of the indices candlesticks will show stock indexes price movement that was within the opening and closing stock indexes price of a particular trading period - it is also used to determine a lot of information. For example in the above chart the long blue body meant there were a lot of buyers and therefore the stock indexes price movement was likely to continue in the upwards bullish indices trend direction.
The upper and lower shadow, the wicks of the candlestick will show the highest point and the lowest point that the stock indexes price reached.
Japanese indices candlesticks Tutorials
The Japanese patterns tutorials can be used to learn how to determine indices trend reversal indices trading signals or indices trend continuation signals from the different patterns and formations.
To learn and know more about the various indices trading strategies for trading these patterns, a indices trader can read these tutorials:
Japanese indices candlesticks Tutorial
Inverted Hammer Indices Candlestick Pattern and Shooting Star Indices Candlestick Pattern
Piercing Line Indices Candlestick Pattern and Dark Cloud Cover Indices Candlestick Pattern
Morning Star indices candlesticks and Evening Star Candlesticks
