The document discusses various basic chart patterns including double tops and bottoms, head and shoulders, wedges, rectangles, pennants, and triangles. It describes the formation and interpretation of each pattern, including whether they indicate a reversal or continuation of the existing trend. Common patterns include double tops formed during uptrends indicating a potential trend reversal downward, symmetrical triangles showing consolidation between bulls and bears, and ascending triangles seen as continuation patterns during uptrends.

1. CHART PATTERNS

2. CHART PATTERNS
BASIC CHART PATTERNS AND FORMATIONS
• DOUBLE TOP & DOUBLE BOTTOM
• HEAD & SHOULDERS
• RISING & FALLING WEDGES
• BULLISH & BEARISH RECTANGLES
• BULLIS & BEARISH PENNANTS
• TRIANGLES

3. CHART PATTERNS
BASIC CHART PATTERNS AND FORMATIONS
 DOUBLE TOP
• A double top is a reversal pattern that is formed
after there is an extended move up.
• The “tops” are peaks which are formed when the
price hits a certain level that can’t be broken.
• After hitting this level, the price will bounce off it
slightly, but then return back to test the level
again.

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 DOUBLE TOP

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 DOUBLE TOP

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 DOUBLE BOTTOM
• The double bottom is also a trend reversal
formation, but this time we are looking to go long
instead of short.
• These formations occur after extended
downtrends when two valleys or “bottoms” have
been formed.

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 DOUBLE BOTTOM

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 DOUBLE BOTTOM

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BASIC CHART PATTERNS AND FORMATIONS
 HEAD & SHOULDER
• The head and shoulders chart pattern is a reversal
pattern and most often seen in uptrends.
• It is formed by a peak (shoulder), followed by
a higher peak (head), and then another lower
peak (shoulder).
• A “neckline” is drawn by connecting the lowest
points of the two troughs.

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 HEAD & SHOULDER

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 HEAD & SHOULDER

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 INVERSE HEAD & SHOULDER
• The name speaks for itself. It is basically a head
and shoulders formation, except this time it’s
upside down.
• A valley is formed (shoulder), followed by an even
lower valley (head), and then another higher
valley (shoulder). These formations occur after
extended downward movements.

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 INVERSE HEAD & SHOULDER

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 INVERSE HEAD & SHOULDER

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 RISING WEDGE
• A rising wedge is formed when price consolidates
between upward sloping support and resistance
lines.
• The slope of the support line is steeper than that
of the resistance.
• This indicates that higher lows are being formed
faster than higher highs.

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 RISING WEDGE

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 RISING WEDGE
EX. 1

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 RISING WEDGE
EX. 2

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 RISING WEDGE
EX. 2

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 FALLING WEDGE
• The falling wedge can either be a reversal or
continuation signal.
• As a reversal signal, it is formed at a bottom of a
downtrend, indicating an uptrend would come
next.
• As a continuation signal, it is formed during an
uptrend, implying that the upward price action
would resume.

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 FALLING WEDGE

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 FALLING WEDGE

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 FALLING WEDGE
EX. 1

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 RECTANGLE
• A rectangle is a chart pattern formed when price is
bounded by parallel support and resistance levels.
• A rectangle exhibits a period of consolidation or
indecision between buyers and sellers but neither has
taken over.
• The price will “test” the support and resistance levels
several times before eventually breaking out.

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 RECTANGLE

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 BEARISH RECTANGLE
• A bearish rectangle is formed when the price
consolidates for a while during a downtrend.

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 BEARISH RECTANGLE

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 BULLISH RECTANGLE
• A bullish rectangle is formed when the price
consolidates for a while during an uptrend.

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 BULLISH RECTANGLE

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 PENNANTS
• Like rectangles, pennants are continuation chart
patterns formed after strong moves.
• A pennant exhibits a period of consolidation or
indecision between buyers and sellers before taking
the pair further in the same direction.
• Because of this, the price usually consolidates and
forms a tiny symmetrical triangle, which is called a
pennant.

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 PENNANT

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 BEARISH PENNANT
• A bearish pennant is formed during a steep, almost
vertical, downtrend.

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 BEARISH PENNANT

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 BULLISH PENNANT
• A bullish pennant is formed during a steep, almost
vertical, uptrend.

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 BULLISH PENNANT

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 TRIANGLES
• A triangle chart pattern involves price moving into a
tighter and tighter range as time goes by and provides
a visual display of a battle between bulls and bears.
• A triangle pattern is generally considered to be
forming when it includes at least five touches of
support and resistance.
• The triangle pattern is generally categorized as a
“continuation pattern”.

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 THREE TYPES OF TRIANGLES
• SYMMETRICAL TRIANGLE
• ASCENDING TRIANGLE
• DESCENDING TRIANGLE

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 SYMMETRICAL TRIANGLE
• A symmetrical triangle is a chart formation where the
slope of the price’s highs and the slope of the price’s
lows converge together to a point where it looks like a
triangle.
• This is also a type of consolidation.

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 SYMMETRICAL TRIANGLE

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 SYMMETRICAL TRIANGLE

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 ASCENDING TRIANGLE
• An ascending triangle chart pattern that occurs when
there is a resistance level and a slope of higher lows.

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 ASCENDING TRIANGLE

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 DESCENDING TRIANGLE
• Descending Triangles are the exact opposite of
ascending triangles.
• In a descending triangle chart pattern there is a string
of lower highs which forms the upper line. The lower
line is a support level in which the price cannot seem
to break.

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 DESCENDING TRIANGLE

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 DESCENDING TRIANGLE

46. CHART PATTERNS
THREE MAIN GROUP OF CHART PATTERNS
 REVERSAL CHART PATTERNS

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THREE MAIN GROUP OF CHART PATTERNS
 REVERSAL CHART PATTERNS

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THREE MAIN GROUP OF CHART PATTERNS
 CONTINUATION CHART PATTERNS

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THREE MAIN GROUP OF CHART PATTERNS
 CONTINUATION CHART PATTERNS

50. CHART PATTERNS
THREE MAIN GROUP OF CHART PATTERNS
 BILATERAL CHART PATTERNS

51. CHART PATTERNS
CHART PATTERNS CHEAT SHEET
PATTERN FORMS DURING SIGNAL NEXT MOVE
Double Top Uptrend Reversal Down
Double Bottom Downtrend Reversal Up
Head and
Shoulders
Uptrend Reversal Down
Inverse Head and
Shoulders
Downtrend Reversal Up

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CHART PATTERNS CHEAT SHEET
PATTERN FORMS DURING SIGNAL NEXT MOVE
Rising Wedge Downtrend Continuation Down
Rising Wedge Uptrend Reversal Down
Falling Wedge Downtrend Reversal Up
Falling Wedge Uptrend Continuation Up

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CHART PATTERNS CHEAT SHEET
PATTERN FORMS DURING SIGNAL NEXT MOVE
Bearish Rectangle Downtrend Continuation Down
Bullish Rectangle Uptrend Continuation Up
Bearish Pennant Downtrend Continuation Down
Bullish Pennant Uptrend Continuation Up

54. DISCUSSION

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