A type of technical charting that displays on one vertical line the low and high prices of a security or market and a short horizontal mark that denotes the closing price. Each vertical line represents one day. The chart shows the trend of a security or a market over a period of days, weeks, months, or years. Technical analysts determine from these charts whether a security or a market is frequently closing at the low or high end of its trading range during a day. This information is useful in discerning whether the security or a market is weak or strong, and thus, if prices will decline or advance in the near future.

This definition is in context to Frauds and Scams. See more contextual defintions for Vertical Line Charts.