™A session with open $50, high $53, low $49 and close $52 displays a body from $50 to $52 and wicks to $49 and $53; it does not encode the exact intraday path.
Technical Analysis
Candlestick
A chart mark showing the open, high, low and close for a specific time period.
Plain-English context
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The open, high, low and close do not reveal the order of every intraperiod move or who initiated trades.
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