If you have ever seen a Bitcoin or Ethereum chart and wondered **"What do these candles mean?"**, this article is for you! **Japanese candles** (or candlesticks) are one of the most useful tools for understanding the crypto market.
Here you will learn:
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**What candles are and how to interpret them**
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**The most important patterns (and what they predict)**
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**How to use them to make better decisions**
## **šÆļø What Are Japanese Candles?**
Each "candle" represents the **price of a cryptocurrency over a period of time** (1 minute, 1 hour, 1 day, etc.). It has two parts: