Charts & technicals
OHLC
The four prices summarising a period: open, high, low and close.
How it works
Nearly all historical price data is stored this way. The close is the most-used figure; the high and low describe the range within the period.
Related terms
- Candlestick chartA chart where each period is drawn as a body between open and close, with wicks to the high and low.
- Closing priceThe official price a security finished the session at, usually set by the closing auction.
- VolumeThe number of shares or contracts traded in a period — a measure of how much activity there was.
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