How Do You Trade Gold Charts?
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In xauusd - the gold chart is the basic xauusd tool used by traders to trade the xauusd market. The xauusd chart will show information about gold price movement - the gold chart will show the general direction of gold prices - commonly known as xauusd trends or gold price trends. The xauusd chart will also show the current gold price & the historical movement of chart gold prices.
Traders use these xauusd charts to identify where to place and open gold trades. From the gold chart the trader will analyze the gold price movements using xauusd technical indicators so as to identify and determine the direction of the trend so as to determine the xauusd trade to open - whether a buy or a sell gold trade.
Traders must learn how to use xauusd charts before they can start trading xauusd.
The following are different aspects of xauusd charts which a trader will need to know about xauusd charts.
Types of Gold Charts
There are three types of gold trading charts
Line Chart - this line chart method draws a continuous line that connects the closing gold prices. For example if a trader is using the 15 minutes trading chart then this line chart will draw a continuous line that connects closing gold price of the gold market after every 15 minutes.
Bar Chart - This bar chart use bars to represent gold price movements and draws OHCL - Opening gold price, High gold price, Low gold price, and Closing gold price for that xauusd chart time period, for example if the gold chart time period used is 15 minutes chart, the bar chart will represent the gold price data and the OHCL xauusd trading points for the `5 minute chart.
Candlestick Charts - These candlesticks charts are the most popular xauusd chart types as they are the most visually appealing xauusd charts and they represent the gold price movements in an easily identifiable way which clearly shows when the prices move up or when prices move down using different colors to differentiate the direction of gold price movement. These xauusd candlesticks chart look like a candle and they have a body that resembles the wax part of a candle and an upper and a lower poking line that resembles the wick of a candle.
Chart Timeframes
A xauusd chart will draw xauusd charts based on different chart time periods - these are 1 minute chart, 5 minute chart, 15 minute chart, 1 hour xauusd chart, 4 hour xauusd chart, 1 day xauusd chart, 1week xauusd chart & 1 month xauusd chart. The xauusd chart period used to draw chart gold price data is also known as a xauusd chart timeframe, for example the 15 minute chart period is commonly referred to as the 15 minute chart by traders. This 15 minute chart timeframe will represent gold price data for the 15 minutes of xauusd, after those 15 minutes another set of gold price data will be used to draw another xauusd chart representation. For example if a trader is using candles chart, gold price data of one xauusd candle-stick will draw gold price data of that 15 minute, after those 15 minutes another xauusd candle will be drawn using gold price data of the next 15 minute - when these xauusd candles are combined they then make a xauusd trading graph/ xauusd chart representation that shows the general direction of gold prices commonly known as the gold trend. Traders can then use this xauusd chart information to make xauusd decisions.
The most commonly used xauusd charts are candlesticks charts.
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The xauusd candlestick charts use candlesticks that have different colors to represent the gold price move - blue xauusd candlesticks show gold prices closed higher than they opened - red xauusd candlesticks show gold prices closed lower than they opened. This xauusd candle color representation is then used by traders to determine when price has moved up or down.
The gold candles also show OHCL:
O - Opening XAUUSD Price
H - Highest XAUUSD Price
C - Closing XAUUSD Price
L - Lowest XAUUSD Price
These gold price points are represented using a formation which looks like a candle with wicks on both ends, the distance between the opening gold price & closing gold price is represented by what is referred to as the body of the xauusd candlestick - this part resembles the wax part of a candle-stick. The high gold price is represented by a poking line protruding upwards - this line resembles the wick of a candlestick - the low gold price represented by a poking line that extends downward - this line resembles the wick of a candlestick facing down.
Analyze Gold Charts
The Japanese candles patterns techniques also have very many candlesticks patterns which are used to trade the XAUUSD Markets. These xauusd chart patterns have different technical analysis & the most common are:
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