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Sep 23, 2020 7 tweets 2 min read Read on X
Patterns and its trend requirement to qualify as a pattern

in charting, thr can be only 2 types of patterns possible

1... continuation pattern
2... reversal pattern

Simply it means there has to be trend behind every pattern to either continue or reverse.

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that means u cannot draw a pattern,
after a sideways move

be it anything like head and shoulders, cup and handle, triangle etc,

u need to find a pattern after a strong trending move
in other words,
patterns are mere consolidations after a trending move

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Such consolidation usually takes some geometrical shapes
which we name it based on the overall shape of the price action

if there was no trading move prior to the pattern u r finding out,
there is no such pattern exists.

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another aspect is the nature of the pattern

Suppose u are finding a cup handle pattern,
u cannot find it at the bottom

cup handle is an uptrend continuation pattern
u need steady uptrend before price consolidated in the form of a cup and handle

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Likewise u cannot plot a flag pattern on a scrip which is not making continuous HH and HL

that means there was an existing uptrend which was under slight pullback or sideways move
From here if we saw a furious rally lasted few days,
thats an ideal pole of a flag pattern

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if that goes for a few days of sideways consolidation, u can call it a flag pattern

what i wanted to convey is a mere geometrical shape in isolation means nothing

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it has to combine with two things for a shape to b valid as pattern

1. if there was a trending move prior to the pattern
2. pattern we found justifies the previous trend at all
(like mentioned abv there is not cup&handle in a downtrend)

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