How to Read an Individual Stock's Intraday Chart

1. Price Line (White Curve)

   • Shows the stock's real-time transaction prices.

2. Average Price Line (Yellow Curve)

   • Reflects the average trading price from market open to the current time, similar to a moving average.

3. Sell Order Queue

   • "Sell 1, Sell 2, Sell 3" display pending sell orders in sequence.

   • Prioritized by:

     • Lower selling prices first.

     • Earlier orders if prices are equal.

   • Example: "Sell1 18.95" means the best ask price is ¥18.95 with 50 lots (5,000 shares) waiting to sell.

4. Buy Order Queue

   • "Buy 1, Buy 2, Buy 3" show pending buy orders.

   • Prioritized by:

     • Higher bid prices first.

     • Earlier orders if prices match.

   • Example: "Buy1 18.94" indicates the highest bid is ¥18.94 with 2,547 lots (254,700 shares) queued.

5. Price & Volume Display

   • Average Price: Mean transaction price since opening (Total Turnover / Volume). Closing average = daily average.

   • Open: First trade price of the day. If no trades in 30 minutes, the previous close is used.

   • High: Highest price reached during the session.

   • Low: Lowest price so far.

   • Volume Ratio: Relative volume indicator:

      

     Volume Ratio = Current Lots ÷ (5-day Avg Lots / 240) ÷ Minutes Since Open  

     • Ratio > 1: Volume expanding; < 1: Volume shrinking. Must correlate with price trends.

   • Last Trade: Latest executed price. The closing price is the final trade.

   • Change: Absolute price change (in yuan). ▲ = rise; ▼ = fall.

   • Change %: Percentage gain/loss (red = up; green = down).

   • Total Volume: Cumulative shares traded (1 lot = 100 shares).

   • Current Lots: Size of the latest trade. The right-bottom panel details each transaction:

     • Red arrow ↑: Executed at ask price.

     • Green arrow ↓: Executed at bid price.