How to Interpret Gold MT4 Charts Illustrated Beginner Traders Guide
There are three types of charts used in XAUUSD: Line, bar and candles - how to read charts beginners guide.
How to Interpret MT4 Patterns
Line Charts - line charts draws a continuous line joining closing prices of gold.
Gold Line MetaTrader 4 Chart - How Do I Read XAUUSD MT4 Charts Illustrated Beginner Traders Guide
MT4 Chart Bar Charts - gold trading bar charts are displayed as sequence of O-H-C-L bars. OHCL represents OPEN HIGH LOW and CLOSE. Opening price is highlighted as a horizontal hyphen to the left and the closing price as a horizontal hyphen to the right.
Gold Bar MetaTrader 4 Chart - How Do I Read XAUUSD MT4 Charts Illustrated Beginner Traders Guide
Main disadvantage of a bar chart MT4 Chart is that it is not visually appealing and identifiable, henceforth most traders don't use them.
Candlesticks Chart MT4 Chart - these gold candles chart MT4 Chart use the same price data as the bar charts (open, high, low, and close). However, they are represented in a more visually identifiable and appealing way which resembles a candle that has wicks on both its ends.
How to Analyze Candlesticks XAUUSD MetaTrader 4 Charts Discussed
The rectangle part is known as the body.
The high and low are referered to as shadows & drawn as poking and protruding lines.
Candlesticks Charts
The colour of the candle-stick is either blue or red:
- (Blue or Green Colour Candles) - Prices headed up
- (Red Color Candles) - Prices went down
Most gold trading platformsplatforms such as and like the MT4 Software, use colours to mark the direction of the price. MT4 Chart Candles colour used are blue or green: when price moves upwards, color of MT4 Chart candle is blue: when price moves down-ward, color of MT4 Chart candle is red.
How to Interpret Gold MT4 Charts Illustrated Beginner Traders Guide
When Gold MT4 candles charts are used it's very easy to see if the price headed upward or downward as compared to when MetaTrader 4 bar charts are used.
The Japanese candles charts methods also have very many patterns and formations that are used to trade the Gold Markets. These chart patterns have different xauusd analysis interpretation & the most common are:
How to Interpret XAUUSD MT4 Charts Illustrated Beginner Traders Tutorial
The above MT4 Chart patterns is what makes the Japanese Gold MT4 Charts Illustrated candlesticks chart patterns popular among traders and it's why this type of technical MT4 Chart analysis are the most widely used in interpreting the Gold market.
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