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# Reading Charts

The trading terminal shows a live price chart for your selected asset. Here's how to read it.

## Candlesticks

Each candle represents a time period and shows four prices:

* **Open** -- where the price started
* **Close** -- where the price ended
* **High** -- the highest price during the period
* **Low** -- the lowest price during the period

**Green candle:** Close is higher than open. Price went up during that period.

**Red candle:** Close is lower than open. Price went down.

The solid body of the candle shows the range between open and close. The thin lines (wicks) show the high and low.

## What to look for

### Trend direction

* Consecutive green candles with higher highs = uptrend. Favor longs.
* Consecutive red candles with lower lows = downtrend. Favor shorts.
* Mixed colors, no clear direction = choppy. Be careful or sit out.

### Big wicks

A candle with a long bottom wick means buyers stepped in hard at the low. Could signal a reversal upward. A long top wick means sellers rejected higher prices. Could signal a reversal downward.

### Volume of candle bodies

Big bodies = strong conviction in that direction. Small bodies = indecision. A string of small-body candles often precedes a big move.

## In a battle context

You don't need to be a chart analysis expert to win. In a 3-5 minute Blitz round, the chart is your real-time compass:

* If it's trending up, go long and ride it
* If it's trending down, go short
* If it reverses, close your position and flip direction

The traders who lose are the ones who hold a losing position because they "believe" in a direction. The chart doesn't care about your beliefs. React to what it shows you.


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