The choice between them isn’t about picking sides. It’s about understanding how each works, and when one might reveal something.

Bar charts can give more detail into a stock's price range than line charts. Each trading day is represented as a bar on the chart with the open, high, low and closing prices.

Stock chart patterns can be easily read once you gain experience in the market. It’s all about spotting the opportunity as it arises. Technical analysts look for price patterns, and you can ...

A candlestick stock chart showing several indicators and trading signals. Tradingview Candlesticks, Bars, and Lines Start by picking the right type of chart—line, bar, or candlestick.

Investors have likely been plotting stock prices and analyzing charts since the early days of stock trading, but modern technical analysis didn't become an established practice until the late 19th ...