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Chat With Traders · Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Candlestick Charts Now Universally Used, Nison Claims

Steve Nison believes his technical analysis book is perhaps the most important in the world due to the universality of candlestick charting. He notes that while some traders use moving averages, trend lines, or Bollinger Bands, candlestick charts are now used by virtually everyone.

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“You had, and I read, you had the the highest performing track record, right? Realizing the candlesticks. Yeah.”
“You know, without appearing to, to be an eagle, but I'm thinking, I'm thinking maybe my technical analysis book is probably the most important one in the world. Only because of the universality of everybody using candlesticks.”
“Some people use moving averages. Some people use trend lines. Some people use Bollinger Bands. But everybody uses, you know, candlestick charts.”
Heard on Chat With Traders — “332 · Steve Nison - The Man Who Introduced Candlestick Charting to the West”, published Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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