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Charts
15 guides in Finabase Learn
- Candlestick A price bar that shows the open, high, low and close for a period, with a filled or hollow body between open and close.
- Chart timeframes: intraday, daily, weekly and monthly charts What a chart timeframe is, how one stock looks on 5-minute, 30-minute, daily, weekly and monthly bars, and how to match the timeframe to how long you hold.
- Chart types explained: line, OHLC bar, candlestick and area charts How line, OHLC bar, candlestick and area charts draw the same prices, what each one shows and hides, and how to pick the right chart type for the job.
- Compare stocks side by side in Stock Master Build comparison groups in Stock Master to chart several stocks or indices on one percent-change chart, from one day to the maximum range.
- Compare stocks side by side on finabase.io Compare stocks and ETFs on finabase.io with quote tables, period returns, a chart rebased to the same start, and comparison sets synced with Stock Master.
- Heikin-Ashi A candlestick variant built from averaged prices, which smooths noise and makes trends easier to see at the cost of true prices.
- Heikin-Ashi candles: formula, worked example and how to read them How Heikin-Ashi candles are calculated, a bar-by-bar worked example on real Apple prices, how to read their trends, and the price and lag trade-offs.
- Interactive charts in Stock Master: ranges, types and zoom Open the full-screen chart in Stock Master, switch ranges and chart types, zoom and scroll, replay price history, turn to landscape and save chart setups.
- Interactive charts on finabase.io: ranges, chart types and controls Use the Finabase chart on the web — ranges and minute intervals, candle and Heikin-Ashi types, volume, log scale, events, comparisons, fullscreen and keyboard controls.
- Linear vs logarithmic price scale: which chart to use and why How linear and log price scales differ, 33 years of SPY drawn both ways, the math of percentage moves, and when each scale gives the honest picture.
- Price action The movement of a security’s price over time, and the style of analysis that reads it directly from bars and levels rather than indicators.
- Technical analysis The study of price, volume and the patterns they form on charts to judge trends and timing, as opposed to analyzing a company’s financials.
- Timeframe The period each bar or candle on a chart represents, from one minute to one month, and by extension the horizon a trade is meant to play out over.
- Trendline A straight line drawn on a chart through a series of rising lows or falling highs to show a trend’s path and the level where it would break.
- What is technical analysis? A complete guide to reading charts What technical analysis is, the assumptions behind it, how price, volume and time fit together, trend following vs mean reversion, and what the evidence says.
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