Bar chart
Also written OHLC · Bar chart (OHLC)
A chart showing Open, High, Low and Close for each period, highlighting the price range and directional bias.
This one is not written up yet
The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.
Written up from the same chapter
- RSIA momentum oscillator scaled 0 to 100 that measures the speed and size of recent price changes — conventionally read as overbought above 70 and oversold below 30.
- Support and resistancePrice levels where a move tends to pause or reverse — support where demand concentrates and forms a floor, resistance where supply concentrates and forms a ceiling.
- Technical analysisForecasting price direction from past price and volume alone, on the assumption that everything worth knowing about a company is already in its price.
Where this is taught
Free preparation for NISM Series XV← All terms