Introduction to Price Charts
價格圖表簡介

A price chart displays the price of a particular market over a period of time. You can change between different time frames on any charting platform. Chart time frames range from 1 minute charts all the way up to monthly and yearly charts.
價格圖表顯示特定市場在一段時間內(nèi)的價格。您可以在任何圖表平臺上的不同時間框架之間進行更改。圖表時間范圍從 1 分鐘圖一直到月線圖和年線圖。

There are three main types of charts: Line charts, Bar charts and Candlestick charts. For price action trading, the?candlestick chart?is most commonly accepted as the ‘best’ type of chart to use.
圖表主要有三種類型：折線圖、條形圖和蠟燭圖。對于價格行為交易，K線圖最常被認為是“最佳”圖表類型。

However, let’s go through a brief overview of each chart type just so you get familiar with them…
但是，讓我們簡要概述一下每種圖表類型，以便您熟悉它們……

Line Charts??折線圖

Line charts display the price of a market via a line that typically connects the close of one time period to the close of another. Here’s an example of a line chart:
折線圖通過一條線顯示市場價格，該線通常將一個時間段的收盤價與另一個時間段的收盤價連接起來。下面是一個折線圖示例：

The main advantage of a line chart lies in providing you with a quick view of the overall market trend and support and resistance levels. They are not practical to make trade entry or exit decision from because they do not display individual price bars. However, as previously stated, if you want to get a quick view of market trend and key levels, a line chart may prove useful occasionally.
折線圖的主要優(yōu)勢在于為您提供整體市場趨勢以及支撐位和阻力位的快速視圖。它們對于做出交易進入或退出決定不切實際，因為它們不顯示單獨的價格柱。但是，如前所述，如果您想快速了解市場趨勢和關(guān)鍵水平，折線圖可能偶爾會很有用。

Bar Charts??條形圖

A bar price chart shows a ‘standard price bar’ for the time frame being observed. If you’re looking at a 1 hour chart, you will see a standard price bar for each 1 hour time period, a daily bar chart will show a standard bar for each day on the chart, etc.
條形價格圖表顯示所觀察的時間范圍內(nèi)的“標準價格條”。如果您正在查看 1 小時圖，您將看到每 1 小時時間段的標準價格條，日線圖將在圖表上顯示每天的標準條，依此類推。

Each individual price bar gives us four pieces of information that we can use to help us make our trading decisions: The open, high, low, and close. You will sometimes see bar charts called OHLC charts (open, high, low, close charts), here’s an example of one price bar:
每個單獨的價格條都為我們提供了四條信息，我們可以使用這些信息來幫助我們做出交易決策：開盤價、最高價、最低價和收盤價。您有時會看到稱為 OHLC 圖表的條形圖（開盤圖、最高圖、最低圖、收盤圖），下面是一個價格條的示例：

A bar chart will display each period of time as a standard OHLC price bar, as seen here:
條形圖將每個時間段顯示為標準 OHLC 價格條，如下所示：

Candlestick Charts??K 線圖

Candlestick charts are price charts that consist of?candlesticks?instead of traditional price bars, as discussed above. Each candlestick shows the high, low, open and close for the period of time it reflects, this is the same information reflected in traditional price bars, but candlesticks make this information much easier to visualize and make use of…
如上所述，K 線圖是由?K 線而不是傳統(tǒng)價格條組成的價格圖表。每根燭臺都顯示它所反映的時間段內(nèi)的最高價、最低價、開盤價和收盤價，這與傳統(tǒng)價格條中反映的信息相同，但 K 線圖使這些信息更容易可視化和利用……

Candlestick charts indicate the high and low of the given time period just as bar charts do, with a vertical line. The top vertical line is called the upper shadow while the bottom vertical line is called the lower shadow; you might also see the upper and lower shadows referred to as “wicks” or “tails”. The main difference between bar charts and candlesticks charts, lies in how candlestick charts display the opening and closing price. The large block in the middle of the candlestick indicates the range between the opening and closing price. Traditionally this block is called the “real body”.
蠟燭圖與條形圖一樣，用垂直線指示給定時間段的高點和低點。頂部垂直線稱為上影線，而底部垂直線稱為下影線;您可能還會看到稱為 “燈芯” 或 “尾部” 的上陰影和下陰影。條形圖和燭臺圖之間的主要區(qū)別在于燭臺圖如何顯示開盤價和收盤價。燭臺中間的大塊表示開盤價和收盤價之間的范圍。傳統(tǒng)上，這個塊被稱為 “real body”。

Typically, if the real body is filled in, or darker in color the currency closed lower than it opened, and if the real body is left unfilled, or usually a lighter color, the currency closed higher than it opened. For example, if the real body is white or another light color, the top of the real body likely indicates the close price and the bottom of the real body indicates the open price. If the real body is black or another dark color, the top of the real body likely indicates the open price and the bottom indicates the close price (I used the word “l(fā)ikely” since you can make the real body whatever color you want).
通常，如果真實實體已填充或顏色較深，則貨幣的收盤價低于開盤價，如果真實實體未填充或通常顏色較淺，則貨幣的收盤價高于開盤價。例如，如果實體是白色或其他淺色，則實體的頂部可能表示收盤價，實體的底部表示開盤價。如果實體是黑色或其他深色，則實體的頂部可能表示開盤價，底部表示收盤價（我使用了“可能”一詞，因為您可以將實體設(shè)置為您想要的任何顏色）。

Here’s an example of the same chart used in the line and bar chart examples above, as a candlestick charts:
以下是上述折線圖和條形圖示例中使用的相同圖表的示例，與燭臺圖相同：

Why Candlestick Charts are best for Price Action Trading
為什么 K 線圖最適合價格行為交易

For the following reasons and more, most professional traders use candlestick charts…
出于以下原因以及更多原因，大多數(shù)專業(yè)交易者使用K線圖…

A candlestick chart provides traders with a quick view of overall market sentiment via the colored real bodies of the bars. If a market is very bullish, you will see a lot of white (or whichever color you choose) real bodies, if it’s very bearish for example, you’ll see a lot of black real bodies, this is one big advantage of candlestick charts. The dramatic visual contrast from one candlestick to the next, enables traders to more easily spot?price action strategies?and visualize the differences in dynamics between price bars in a significantly easier and more enjoyable manner than using standard bar charts.
K線圖通過條形圖的彩色真實主體為交易者提供了整體市場情緒的快速視圖。如果市場非?？礉q，你會看到很多白色（或你選擇的任何顏色）真實實體，例如，如果市場非?？吹?，你會看到很多黑色真實實體，這是 K 線圖的一大優(yōu)勢。從一個燭臺到下一個燭臺的巨大視覺對比，使交易者能夠更容易地發(fā)現(xiàn)價格行為策略，并以比使用標準條形圖更輕松、更有趣的方式可視化價格柱線之間的動態(tài)差異。

It’s very important that you use the correct candlestick charting platform, as not all are created equal. The Forex market closes each day following New York trading, at 5pm New York Eastern time. Also, there are 5 full trading days per week in each major trading center around the world. Therefore, you want to use candlestick charts with 5 daily bars per week (not 6 as some show) and that reflect the actual Forex market closing time each day of 5pm NY time. You can?download them here.
使用正確的 K 線圖平臺非常重要，因為并非所有平臺都是平等的。外匯市場在紐約交易后每天紐約東部時間下午 5 點收盤。此外，全球每個主要交易中心每周有 5 個完整的交易日。因此，您希望使用每周 5 個每日柱線（而不是某些顯示的 6 個）的燭臺圖，并反映紐約時間每天下午 5 點的實際外匯市場收盤時間。您可以在此處下載它們。