A chart mark showing the open, high, low and close of one period, with a body and wicks.
Last verified 13 September 2026 · written by the DexLadder team
What it means
A chart mark showing the open, high, low and close of one period, with a body and wicks.
Why it matters when you trade
A candle compresses a period's auction into one glyph: the body is where the market agreed, the wicks are where it tried and was rejected. That rejection information is the useful part. Individual patterns carry far less predictive weight than their names suggest, and they mean very little without the context of trend, level and volume.
Worked example
A long lower wick into support on heavy volume shows sellers were absorbed; the same candle in mid-range shows nothing.
See it on live markets
DexLadder runs candlestick against live market and pool data, with simulated capital, so you can watch it act on an order instead of reading about it — no account, no wallet, nothing installed.