Patterns

The triangle inverted — range widening over time. Higher highs and lower lows together; a record of emotional extremes amplifying.

A U-shaped cup, a small handle along its rim. The continuation pattern popularised by William O'Neil — the last shake-out after a long round-trip.

A broadening that turns into a triangle — emotional explosion giving way to fatigue and surrender. Rare, subjective, and almost always at a top.

A pause after a sharp move. The shorter the more trustworthy; the longer the more it dissolves. Continuation patterns measured from the flagpole.

Common, breakaway, runaway, exhaustion. A gap is the admission that yesterday's price no longer lives in anyone's mind — volume and position tell its meaning.

A cluster of bars isolated from prior and subsequent price by gaps on both sides. Participants stranded on the island, with no path back, force the reversal forward fast.

Price oscillating between parallel horizontal support and resistance. Trading inside the range and waiting for the breakout are two completely different strategies for the same shape.

A gentle U-curve drawn over weeks or months — and its inverted twin. Reversal without shock; the quiet record of holdings changing hands.

Ascending, descending, symmetrical. When price converges toward a single point, what are participants waiting for? A triangle is a record of consensus dissolving.

Three attempts, three failures. Rare to appear, but heavier in conviction. A more robust reversal than the double top.

Rising wedge bearish, falling wedge bullish. When two converging lines tilt the same way, the trend is already short of breath.

Two peaks, two troughs. The simplest reversal pattern, marking 'the failure of the second attempt'. Neckline, target, and the moment the M or W completes.

The most famous reversal pattern. Three peaks marking the limit of a trend, the neckline, how to measure the target, and the trap of the 'too-clean' head and shoulders.