In volatile markets, spotting reliable bearish patterns gives you an edge. Knowing when momentum is fading, or when price hints at a reversal, helps you avoid costly mistakes and enter with more precision. Here are the four bearish patterns Yard Charts detects.
- Top Right Triangle: Lower highs above a flat floor, then a close below it.
- Top End Sweep: Higher highs above a floor, a break, then a sell on the rebound.
- Top Reversal: A false breakout above a range, then a close back below it.
- Horizontal Retracement: In a downtrend, a retracement to the level that launched the last leg.
Top Reversal
What it looks like: an uptrend stalls into a trading range. Price breaks above the range, as if the rise were resuming, then drops sharply and closes below the range’s lower line.
Why it matters: the false breakout traps late buyers. When price cannot hold above the range, bullish momentum has stalled.
Trading insight: the sell triggers on the close below the lower line; the buy stop goes above the range or the recent high. Read the pattern.
Top End Sweep
What it looks like: price makes higher highs above a flat floor, sweeping out the last buyers, then breaks down through the floor.
Why it matters: the higher highs lure in late buyers before the reversal catches emotional traders off guard.
Trading insight: wait for the break and the rebound to the projected line; the sell sits at its tip, with the buy stop above the last high. Read the pattern.
Top Right Triangle
What it looks like: a consolidation near the top of a move that forms a right-angled triangle: the support stays flat while the highs get lower.
Why it matters: each rally is weaker than the last, a sign of fading buying pressure. A close below the horizontal support is the trigger.
Trading insight: ideal for anticipating breakdowns with clear risk levels: buy stop just above the last bounce high. Read the pattern.
Horizontal Retracement
What it looks like: in a downtrend, price retraces up to the horizontal level that launched the last leg down, and fails there.
Why it matters: repeated rejection at the same price reveals strong supply, and the downtrend tends to resume.
Trading insight: Yard Charts alerts you at a 90% and a 95% retracement so you can prepare the sell near resistance, with the buy stop above it. Read the pattern.
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Alerts and examples are for education only and are not investment advice. Past patterns do not guarantee future results.
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