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Candlestick Patterns Explained

candlestick chart pattern

A Candlestick Patterns is a type of chart used in trading as a visual representation of past and current price action in specified timeframes. A candlestick consists of the body with an upper or lower wick or shadow. Candlesticks are created using the opening and closing prices along with the trading range of the candlestick period. How do you … Read more

Bear Pennant

Chart Facts: Bear Pennant Example Here is an example of a bear pennant that formed on the Bitcoin chart during a downtrend in price. After the clear downtrend in the first half of January a bear pennant formed in the second half of January before the downtrend continued in the first week of February. Price … Read more

Bear Flag Pattern Explained

Bear Flag

Bear Flag Pattern Explained; Two drops separated by a brief period of consolidating retracement constitute a bear flag, a bearish chart pattern. The flagpole develops after an almost vertical panic price collapse when bulls are caught off guard by sellers, followed by a bounce with parallel upper and lower trendlines that creates the flag. The … Read more

Identifying The Head and Shoulders Pattern

The Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern is one of the most popular and bearish patterns in technical analysis. It defines three attempts to make highs and then trend but fail, it precedes many major corrections and bear markets. Chart Facts: The below $GS chart shows a Head and Shoulders pattern that was very fast to … Read more

Top 10 Chart Patterns Every Trader Should Know

Top 10 Chart Patterns Every Trader Should Know

Chart patterns are specific price formations on a chart that predict future price movements. As technical analysis is based on the assumption that history repeats itself, popular chart patterns have shown that a specific price movement is following a particular formation of price (chart pattern) with high probability. Therefore, chart patterns are grouped into (1) continuation patterns – that signal a continuation in the underlying trend, and (2) reversal patterns – that signal reversal of the underlying trend.

Rounding Top

Rounding Top

Rounding top pattern typically appears at the end of extended upward trends and may signify a significant reversal in long-term price movements. Traders often observe this formation after a prolonged period of rising prices, which leads to increased bullish sentiment. However, as the pattern develops, it indicates that this bullish momentum is waning. The pattern … Read more

How To Trade A Symmetrical Triangle Pattern

Symmetrical Triangle

Symmetrical Triangle Pattern Chart Facts: The symmetrical triangle is a neutral chart pattern that usually forms during a trend as a continuation pattern of the existing trend. Sometimes a symmetrical triangle pattern will form as a reversal pattern as a trend comes to an end, but they are usually continuation patterns of an existing trend … Read more

Ascending Triangle Pattern

Ascending Triangle

Chart Facts: • The ascending triangle is a bullish chart pattern that usually forms during an uptrend as a continuation pattern.• Sometimes an ascending triangle pattern will form as a reversal pattern as a downtrend comes to an end, but they are usually continuation patterns in an uptrend.• Regardless of their location during a trend … Read more