Technical analysis is a huge subject, with many books that can satisfy the in depth knowledge that cannot be met on a one day course. We would hope to enliven your interest and supply the basics to set you on a course of research.

To compile a line chart, we need data for the close in the price at a number of times in the past. Such historical data ins the basic requirement for all charting.

A bar chart gives more information than a line chart as it collated 4 pieces of information – the opening level at the start of a period of time, the low that the price reached during the period, the high that it reached, and the closing level at the end of the period

A number of bars plotted on a time/price chart gives a better appreciation of the ebb and flow of the market