How is this possible? Shouldn't the next candlestick enter at where the previous one ended?

How is this possible? Shouldn't the next candlestick enter at where the previous one ended?

this is tracking ETH/GBP on GDAX btw

When theres a big spread this can happen

Why?

Candlesticks only reflect transactions, the bids and asks can move a great deal between transactions.

why would that affect the candles though? by definition the next candle begins where the previous one closed

I understand that, but isn't that the gap "jump" between candlesticks?

Open - first price in the period
Close - last price in the period
High - highest price in the period
Low - lowest price in the period

That's my understanding, gaps occur all the time.

Yes and that's the point

How can two "green" gain bars occur beside each other but one beside the other without being over it? The first bar enters low, exits high, then the second bar should enter at the point the first bar exits. That doesn't occur in the OP image.

different exchanges use diffrent candle styles, like american chess or japanese chess,see if u can change the setting to the one ur use too

First bar: opens at a low of 1, closes at high of 3
Second bar: opens at a low of 2, closes at a high of 4

>The first bar enters low, exits high, then the second bar should enter at the point the first bar exits.
Not necessarily.

BTC sells for $3800 at exactly 7:59:59:999 PM, the last possible moment of that given candle's period. The next sale of BTC occurs at 8:00:00:000, at $3802. No coins were for sale or purchased at $3800.01-$3801.99.

in low liquidity situations spreads can be bigger.
e.g
LAST was at 1.500
Seller wants to sell at 1.500
Buyer isn't willing to buy at 1.5, but puts in order at 1.49
Seller changes order/agrees to sell at 1.49

but usually there are so many buyers/sellers that you can sell at market rate without worrying.

Good answer. In other words, it's similiar to a gap (as in ), but the gap wasn't large and hence overlapped with the proceeding bar?

Which is also what said. The spread opened up last second before the candlesticks updated?

because the timeframe isnt exact of when the last buy and sell was
like a 10 minute chart at the very end could be in the process of filling a transaction

The gap (size of the candle) represents (most probably) the gap between bid and ask price

Those also were red at some probably

But arguably that would be the "wick" of the candlestick

>the second bar should enter at the point the first bar exits
Candles are independent, the close of one candle is not the open of the next. They only reflect transactions within a time period.

That's wrong.

By definition the next candle begins where the next transaction takes place in the next time frame.

LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU.

If at 9:59 ETH sells for $280 and at 10:00 ETH sells for $283 but it never sold for anything between $280 and $283, then there would be a gap. This is also why the market cap of a coin doesn't mean there's actually that much money used to buy the coin.

price derive easily without trades on Gdax because IT’S A PIECE OF SHIT WITHOUT FUCKING ACTIVITY THERE'S NO ONE
No wonder they offer 0% fee maker, you're never gobbled up when you need to be.

Yes, that's gaps.

In my OP image, the price actually dropped. It's a gap, albeit in the other direction.

Where do i go to learn about candlesticks?

Just start using them m8
Dauntier than sleek lines at first but you'll ease into them in less than an hour.

Just look at this shit.
How are you supposed to work with this.

That means there's very little trading activity you stupid cuckold. Get off that shitty ass exchange.

>euros
Yeah no shit its an american exchange