How To Read Stocks
This column gives you the lowest price that particular stock has reached in the most recent 52 week period.
How to read stocks. As you can see from the chart below the notches on the bar indicate the price. Note that stocks do not open at the same price that they closed at the day before due to after hours trading. One of the most popular charting types incorporates stock quote data by highlighting the open high low and close. The first price at which this stock traded when the markets opened this morning. This column gives you the highest price that particular stock has reached in the most recent 52 week period.
To properly read stocks you must first understand what each column in the stock chart means.