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Inside Bar Strategy: Trading Breakouts for Swing Trades
An inside bar shows price compression. Learn which inside bars are worth trading on daily charts, how to enter the break of the mother bar, and how to avoid false breakouts.
Pocket Pivot Setup: Spot Institutional Accumulation
A pocket pivot is an up day whose volume tops the biggest down-day volume of the prior 10 sessions. Learn the rule, where it works, and how to set entry, stop and target.
High Tight Flag Pattern: Criteria, Entry, Stop and Target
The high tight flag follows a stock that doubles in weeks, then pauses in a shallow flag. Learn O'Neil's criteria, a screening checklist, and entry, stop and target.
Ascending vs Symmetrical Triangle: How to Trade Each
An ascending triangle has a flat top and a bullish bias; a symmetrical triangle is neutral until it breaks. Learn to tell them apart and trade each with a defined entry, stop and target.
Bull Pennant vs. Bear Flag: How to Tell Them Apart
A bull pennant is a converging pause in an uptrend; a bear flag is a rising, channel-shaped pause in a downtrend. Learn how to spot, enter and size each one.
Cup and Handle Breakout Checklist: Entry, Stop & Target
Qualify the cup, qualify the handle, then trade the pivot with a defined stop and measured-move target. A checklist with worked numbers for cup and handle swing trades.
Flat Top Breakout Pattern: Trading Horizontal Resistance
Learn to spot a flat top breakout, confirm it with volume, enter with a defined stop, and measure a target, plus how it differs from an ascending triangle.
Rising Wedge Pattern: Spot and Trade a Bearish Reversal
A rising wedge is two upward-sloping, converging trendlines that usually resolve lower. Learn how to identify it, confirm the breakdown, set stops and targets, and use it to protect longs.
Pennant Pattern: How to Spot and Trade It
A pennant is a small converging consolidation after a sharp thrust. Learn how to spot it, time the entry, place a stop and calculate a measured-move target.
Ascending Channel Pattern: Trade Pullbacks in an Uptrend
An ascending channel frames an uptrend between two rising parallel lines. Learn how to draw it, buy pullbacks to the lower line, and set a stop and target.
Double Top Pattern: How to Spot and Trade the Reversal
A double top is a bearish reversal with two similar peaks and a neckline between them. See how to confirm it, calculate the measured move, and manage risk.
Inverted Head and Shoulders: Spot and Trade the Reversal
The inverted head and shoulders is a bullish reversal built from three lows and a neckline. Learn to confirm the breakout, place the stop, and calculate a target.
Double Bottom Pattern: How to Spot and Trade the W
A double bottom is a W-shaped bullish reversal: two similar lows, a neckline, and a breakout. Learn how to validate it, enter, place the stop and project a target.
Bear Flag Pattern: How to Spot and Trade the Breakdown
A bear flag is a sharp drop, a weak upward-drifting bounce, then another leg lower. Learn the rules for entry, stop, measured-move target and failure signals.
Descending Triangle Pattern: Spot and Trade the Breakdown
The descending triangle pairs flat support with lower highs. Learn how to spot it, confirm a breakdown with volume, and plan entry, stop and measured-move target.
Head and Shoulders Pattern: How to Trade the Reversal
A head and shoulders is a three-peak reversal that ends an uptrend when price breaks the neckline. Learn the anatomy, volume clues, price target, stop and common mistakes.
Failed Breakouts & Bull Traps: How to Spot and Trade Them
Failed breakouts trap late buyers, then often reverse hard. Learn why breakouts fail, how to filter weak ones, how bull and bear traps work, and how to manage risk around them.
Breakout Trading Explained: How to Spot and Trade Breakouts
A breakout is a decisive move through resistance after a base. Learn how to confirm one with volume, avoid fakeouts, use retest entries, and size the risk.
10 Essential Chart Patterns Every Trader Should Know
The 10 chart patterns that show up most often: three triangles, two flags, two wedges, cup and handle, double top and head and shoulders, with entries, stops and targets.
Ascending Triangle Pattern: How to Spot and Trade It
An ascending triangle pairs flat resistance with rising lows. Learn the rules for spotting it, confirming a breakout, placing the stop and measuring a target, with a worked example.
Cup and Handle Pattern: How to Spot and Trade It
A cup and handle is a rounded base followed by a short pullback, then a breakout. Learn the ideal depth and length, how to enter on the pivot, set the stop, and measure a target.
Bull Flag Pattern: How to Spot and Trade the Breakout
A bull flag is a strong rally followed by a tight, orderly pullback. Learn the exact rules for spotting it, entering the breakout, placing the stop and measuring a target.
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