K-line chart is a kind of chart source in Tokugawa shogunate era in Japan. It was used by businessmen in Japanese rice market at that time to record the market and price fluctuation of rice market, and then it was introduced into stock market and futures market because of its ingenious and unique drawing method.

The drawing method of K-line chart in stock market and futures market includes four data: opening price, highest price, lowest price and closing price. All K-lines are centered around these four data, reflecting the general situation and price information. If you put the daily K-line chart on a piece of paper, you can get the daily K-line chart, and you can also draw the weekly K-line chart and the monthly K-line chart.