#CryptoCharts101 Candles on the chart are a history of struggle: buyers pull the price up, sellers pull it down. And one simple but powerful insight for beginners is that the shadow of the candle speaks more than the body.

Here's an example: a long upper shadow and a small body at the bottom. This means that the price tried to rise but was quickly pushed back down. Buyers couldn't cope — and left the battlefield. Such a candle often signals a possible reversal downward.