Reading a price chart
Volume, candles and what green really means.
The chart on every token page tells a story if you know how to read it. This guide breaks down candlesticks, volume, and time intervals so you can look at a token and understand what has actually been happening.
Candlesticks in one minute
Each candle summarizes price over a slice of time — a minute, an hour, a day. It shows four numbers, often called OHLC: the Open (price at the start), High, Low, and Close (price at the end).
A candle is usually green when the close is higher than the open (price went up over that slice) and red when it is lower. The thick "body" spans open-to-close; the thin "wicks" reach up to the high and down to the low.
Volume: how much conviction
Volume is how much of the token changed hands during each period. A price move on high volume means a lot of people acted on it; the same move on thin volume can reverse just as easily.
When you see a sharp move, glance at the volume bars underneath. Strong moves backed by strong volume tend to be more meaningful than quiet drifts.
Zoom matters
The same token can look like it is soaring on a 1-minute chart and sinking on a daily one. Always check which interval you are viewing before drawing conclusions.
Short intervals are useful for timing a trade; longer intervals show the real trend. For a brand-new token there may only be minutes of history — read it accordingly.
- A candle shows open, high, low and close for one slice of time; green means it closed up.
- Volume tells you how much conviction is behind a move.
- Change the time interval before you judge a trend — zoom changes the story.
References & further reading
Fun tokens are experimental and highly speculative. Prices can move fast in both directions and you could lose everything you put in. Nothing here is investment advice.