Candlesticks by syllable consists of two words, namely candle and stick. Candle wax mean, while the mean stick rod. So that the meaning is the Candlestick chart types resemble candles which are used to perform technical analysis.
Candlestick consists of a body (body) and the tail (shadow). Candlestick analysis using data Open Price (open), the supreme (high), Low (low) and Closing (close).
I usually make candlesticks for trading forex because it's nice and easy.