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Chart structure

Chart structure, explained

Twelve structures traders mark by hand. Each page shows one on a real gold chart, drawn by Arka Terminal's AI Structure Analysis.

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Market structure

LHHLHHHLHHBOSCHoCHFVGOrder block

Smart money concepts

Swings, breaks of structure, fair value gaps and order blocks, read as one picture.

Swing highBOSOrder blockImpulseRetest

Order blocks

The candle a breaking move started from, kept until price closes through it.

123Fair value gapPartial fill

Fair value gap

Three candles where the first and third do not overlap: the range a fast move skipped.

LHLLLHLLLHLLLHBOSBOSCHoCH

Break of structure

BOS continues the trend. CHoCH is the first break against it.

HHLHHHLHHHLLHLLLHLLUptrendDowntrend

Market structure

Higher highs and higher lows, or lower highs and lower lows: the trend in four labels.

Levels

ResistanceSupport123Old resistance, new support

Support and resistance

Price zones where buying or selling has shown up before, merged from several sources.

Rising supportRising resistance234

Trendlines

A sloped line through at least three swings, and the channel it makes with a parallel line.

POCVAHVAL

Volume profile

How much traded at each price: the POC and the value area that holds 70% of volume.

Previous dayTodayR2R1PS1S2

Pivot points

Levels calculated from yesterday's high, low and close, in four formulas.

Intraday

Today's openADR high⅓ ADR⅓ ADRADR lowMost of the range used

Average daily range

The size of a usual day, measured from today's open.

Opening rangeBreakRetest

Opening range breakout

The high and low of the first 30 minutes after the London and New York opens.

Candles

Key levelKey levelHammerBearish engulfingNot on a level: not marked

Candlestick patterns

Engulfing, hammer, morning star and others, counted only on a key level.

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