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What Are Candlestick Charts or Japanese Candlestick Patterns?

• Created November 11, 2025
• Author Om Mehra
• Reading Time: 4 minutes

IntroductionEvery candle tells a story the story of market psychology. Among all tools in technical analysis, candlestick charts stand out as one of the most reliable and visually intuitive ways to interpret price action. Developed in 18th-century Japan by a rice trader named Munehisa Homma, thes...