Free online course · 20 lessons
Little candles. Clear thinking.
How to read candlestick charts, one small step at a time. Simple stories, illustrated examples and practice that helps you understand the chart before you guess what comes next.
USA News Pulse
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Market information centreBegin with curiosity
A price chart is a story with missing pages.
You can learn what a candle tells you—and what it cannot tell you. We start with an imaginary sticker stall, then build toward patterns, risk and your own chart-reading routine.
No previous market knowledge is needed. Younger learners can explore the examples with an adult. All exercises use invented prices and paper decisions.
Read exact candle values
| Candle | Open | High | Low | Close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 10 | 14 | 9 | 13 |
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Start lesson 1 →Your 20-lesson path
Work in order, or revisit a topic whenever you need it. There is no enrollment or payment.
LESSON 01
Prices tell a story
Explain what a market price means.
Read & practise →LESSON 02Meet a candle: four useful numbers
Find open, high, low and close.
Read & practise →LESSON 03Up, down and the size of the body
Measure a candle without guessing.
Read & practise →LESSON 04Wicks: places the close did not stay
Explain upper and lower wicks.
Read & practise →LESSON 05Big bodies and tiny bodies
Recognize a strong-looking close and a doji.
Read & practise →LESSON 06Read the neighbourhood
Compare candles instead of staring at one.
Read & practise →LESSON 07Swings and trends
Tell an uptrend, downtrend and range apart.
Read & practise →LESSON 08Support and resistance are zones
Mark areas where price reacted before.
Read & practise →LESSON 09Anchor candles: a reference mark
Use a large candle as a comparison point.
Read & practise →LESSON 10Engulfing and other pattern names
Read a pattern before learning its nickname.
Read & practise →LESSON 11When a promising shape fails
Change your explanation when new evidence arrives.
Read & practise →LESSON 12Possible explanations, not mind reading
Separate price facts from stories about people.
Read & practise →LESSON 13Breakouts and false breaks
Distinguish a wick through a zone from a close beyond it.
Read & practise →LESSON 14Double tops, bottoms and channels
Recognize larger shapes without forcing a pattern.
Read & practise →LESSON 15Compression and expansion
Read a narrowing range without promising an explosion.
Read & practise →LESSON 16Timeframes: zoom out, then zoom in
Combine small candles into a larger candle.
Read & practise →LESSON 17Noise, news and the choice to wait
Recognize what you do not know.
Read & practise →LESSON 18Risk before reward
Calculate a pretend loss budget and explain stop-order limits.
Read & practise →LESSON 19Make a fair paper experiment
Record rules, costs and every result.
Read & practise →LESSON 20Your complete chart-reading routine
Explain a chart calmly, including what is uncertain.
Read & practise →Put the pieces together
Try the 20-question final check, a six-candle chart challenge and a journal routine. A plain-language glossary is there when a word feels unfamiliar.
Open the practice lab →How this course was made
Created for USA News Pulse as 20 step-by-step lessons with plain-language explanations, illustrated charts and fictional practice examples. The course teaches careful observation, uncertainty and risk. Anchor candles are comparison tools, not proven market laws.
Investor protection references: Investor.gov’s explanation of order types and its discussion of day-trading risks. Updated October 26, 2026.
Education only. Patterns do not guarantee direction or profits. Trading can lose money. This course does not provide personal investment advice.