LESSON 06 ~10 MIN · AT YOUR OWN PACE
Charts and Timeframes
Learn to read the symbol, price, time and scale of a chart.
CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
Do you remember what you read?
Four practice questions. Turn on JavaScript for the interactive quiz.
- What is on the bottom axis of a chart?
- Time
- Profit
- Account balance
- How much time does a 4h candle cover?
- 4 days
- 4 hours
- 4 minutes
- Which price does a line chart usually join?
- Only the High
- Only the Low
- The Close
- Up over the day but down in the last hour: is this possible?
- No
- Yes, it is a difference of scale
- The data is always broken
Sources and further reading
Sources in English · Content reviewed on 28 September 2026. We made the examples for learning; they are not broker recommendations.
Fidelity · Charts and trends (opens in a new tab)Fidelity · Getting started with charts (opens in a new tab)