diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad85b29..142d6ae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ The project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html
   - above, below, cross, crossover, etc..
 - Added sanitise_name to convert '.' to ',' to support name nesting
 - Added more Exceptions to improve error's
+- Added Candle ability to accept json str timestamp, therefore allowing direct conversion from Pandas -> Hexital
 - Fixed Hammer index pattern working correctly
 - Changed Sub/managed indicators to auto populate candles field
 - Changed 'as_list' property a method that can now take a nested indicator name
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c11b2c2..d749362 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ pip install git+https://github.com/merlinr/hexital.git@development
 ### Single Indicator
 ```python
 from hexital import EMA, Candle
+import pandas as pd
 
 my_candles = [
     {"open": 17213, "high": 2395, "low": 7813, "close": 3615, "volume": 19661},
@@ -110,6 +111,10 @@ my_candles = [
 ]
 # Convert Basic candles
 candles = Candle.from_dicts(my_candles)
+# Or directly from a Numpy Dataframe
+# df = pd.read_csv("path/to/symbol.csv", sep=",")
+# candles = Candle.from_dicts(df.to_dict("records"))
+
 my_ema = EMA(candles=candles, period=3)
 my_ema.calculate()
 
diff --git a/hexital/core/candle.py b/hexital/core/candle.py
index e4d92f0..71d4e4f 100644
--- a/hexital/core/candle.py
+++ b/hexital/core/candle.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def __init__(
         low: float,
         close: float,
         volume: int,
-        timestamp: Optional[datetime] = None,
+        timestamp: Optional[datetime | str] = None,
         indicators: Optional[Dict[str, float | Dict[str, float | None] | None]] = None,
         sub_indicators: Optional[Dict[str, float | Dict[str, float | None] | None]] = None,
     ):
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ def __init__(
         self.low = low
         self.close = close
         self.volume = volume
-        self.timestamp = timestamp
+
+        if isinstance(timestamp, datetime):
+            self.timestamp = timestamp
+        elif isinstance(timestamp, str):
+            self.timestamp = datetime.fromisoformat(timestamp)
 
         self.clean_values = {}
         self.indicators = indicators if indicators else {}
diff --git a/tests/core/test_candle.py b/tests/core/test_candle.py
index ce5c409..4456ec5 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_candle.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_candle.py
@@ -72,6 +72,53 @@ def fixture_candle_dict_datetime():
     }
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(name="candle_dicts_numpy")
+def fixture_candle_dicts_numpy():
+    # dicts = df.to_dict("records")
+    return [
+        {
+            "open": 14851.6,
+            "high": 14854.1,
+            "low": 14847.2,
+            "close": 14848.1,
+            "volume": 247,
+            "timestamp": "2023-10-03T09:01:00",
+        },
+        {
+            "open": 14848.2,
+            "high": 14848.2,
+            "low": 14843.6,
+            "close": 14844.7,
+            "volume": 332,
+            "timestamp": "2023-10-03T09:02:00",
+        },
+        {
+            "open": 14844.6,
+            "high": 14846.6,
+            "low": 14842.4,
+            "close": 14842.6,
+            "volume": 196,
+            "timestamp": "2023-10-03T09:03:00",
+        },
+        {
+            "open": 14842.5,
+            "high": 14842.9,
+            "low": 14831.7,
+            "close": 14835.6,
+            "volume": 540,
+            "timestamp": "2023-10-03T09:04:00",
+        },
+        {
+            "open": 14835.5,
+            "high": 14842.1,
+            "low": 14835.4,
+            "close": 14839.7,
+            "volume": 171,
+            "timestamp": "2023-10-03T09:05:00",
+        },
+    ]
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(name="candle_list")
 def fixture_candle_list():
     return [
@@ -132,6 +179,51 @@ def test_candle_from_dicts(candle_dict):
     ]
 
 
+def test_candle_from_dicts_numpy(candle_dicts_numpy):
+    assert Candle.from_dicts(candle_dicts_numpy) == [
+        Candle(
+            open=14851.6,
+            high=14854.1,
+            low=14847.2,
+            close=14848.1,
+            volume=247,
+            timestamp=datetime(2023, 10, 3, 9, 1),
+        ),
+        Candle(
+            open=14848.2,
+            high=14848.2,
+            low=14843.6,
+            close=14844.7,
+            volume=332,
+            timestamp=datetime(2023, 10, 3, 9, 2),
+        ),
+        Candle(
+            open=14844.6,
+            high=14846.6,
+            low=14842.4,
+            close=14842.6,
+            volume=196,
+            timestamp=datetime(2023, 10, 3, 9, 3),
+        ),
+        Candle(
+            open=14842.5,
+            high=14842.9,
+            low=14831.7,
+            close=14835.6,
+            volume=540,
+            timestamp=datetime(2023, 10, 3, 9, 4),
+        ),
+        Candle(
+            open=14835.5,
+            high=14842.1,
+            low=14835.4,
+            close=14839.7,
+            volume=171,
+            timestamp=datetime(2023, 10, 3, 9, 5),
+        ),
+    ]
+
+
 def test_candle_from_list(candle_list):
     assert Candle.from_list(candle_list[0]) == Candle(
         open=12331.69043,