The history of the Forex candlestick takes us back to Japan, pretty interesting, right? Candlestick charts go back as long as 500 years from now. Used by Japenese traders to analyze the price on the rice market. Off course techniques have developed and evolved and the candlestick was used by lots of other traders around the world. Now you know how and where the important candlestick was born. Price Action Candlesticks The western approval of the Japanese candlestick Forex charts was just 25 years ago. Step by step it gained popularity in the trading community of the USA. It wasn’t as well known before because people thought it was hard and complex to master the Japanese candlestick technique. Candlesticks are the purest form of Price Action that gives us a visible view of what’s happening in the market. Signals at a candle chart are exactly the same as on a bar graph. However, candle charts tend to be more trustworthy and are more visual. Candlesti...