#CryptoCharts101 Reading the Charts Isn’t Just for Experts

Crypto charts can look intimidating at first — all those candles, lines, and indicators. But understanding the basics can massively improve your decision-making. Most crypto traders use candlestick charts, which show price movements over a specific time period (e.g., 1 hour, 4 hours, 1 day). Each candle has four parts: open, high, low, and close. Green usually means the price went up; red means it dropped. Simple moving averages (SMA) help smooth out trends, and Relative Strength Index (RSI) shows if an asset is overbought or oversold. Don’t just buy when it “looks like it’s going up.” Learn to identify support, resistance, and trendlines. Charts don’t predict the future, but they do show you what the market has done — and that’s valuable. Start small, stay curious, and never trade blindly.