1The horizontal
A flat line joining two or more almost equal lows. It acts as support: each drop stops at the same price.
THE FLOORTop Right Triangle
Price keeps bouncing off a flat floor, each rally weaker than the last. When it finally closes below that floor, a new downtrend can begin.
- SELL SIGNAL
- Close below the horizontal line after at least 2 bounces
- BUY STOP
- Just above the most recent bounce high before the break
- BOUNCES
- 2 minimum, 3 ideal, each high lower than the last
- CONFIRMATION
- A controlled retest of the line after the break
● PATTERN ANATOMY · MODEL
01 · ANATOMY
Three lines make the triangle
The Bottom Right Triangle, upside down. Hover a card to light it up on the chart.
2The vertical
A line from the horizontal up to the highest point above it. It marks where the pattern starts.
THE STARTING POINT3The hypotenuse
The falling line that joins the descending highs. Each bounce off the floor peaks lower than the one before.
THE FALLING CEILING02 · FORMATION
Two rules decide if it counts
Our scanners only flag the pattern when both are met.
Descending bounces
At least two, ideally three, bounces above the horizontal, each one peaking at a lower high.
2minimum3ideal
Slow up, fast down
Rallies from the floor to each high (B1, B2, B3) should take longer than the drops back down to it.
▲ slow▼ fast
03 · SIGNAL & RISK
From the signal to the trade plan
Every Yard Charts alert draws these levels for you, so you know the entry and where the setup fails before you act.
Close below the horizontal
A sell signal fires when a candle closes below the horizontal line after at least two bounces.
Stop above the last bounce high
Set the buy stop just above the most recent bounce high before the breakdown. If price climbs back there, the pattern has failed.
Wait for a controlled retest
The strongest setups break down, then rise calmly back to the old floor and fail there before moving lower.
Reading the risk/reward. The distance from sell to stop is your risk. Our alerts project a reward zone at three times that risk, below the entry.
04 · WHY IT WORKS
Buyers stay put. Sellers keep pushing lower.
A fixed demandBuyers wait at the same price, so every drop stops at the floor.
Rising supplySellers step in at lower prices each time, pressing every high down.
Lopsided paceSlow rallies and quick drops show sellers are the more eager side.
Demand absorbedWhen the buyers at the floor run out, price closes below it.
05 · IN THE WILD
Real alerts from our scanners
Two Top Right Triangles flagged on the daily scan of 2026-10-06.
XBISPDR S&P Biotech ETF · Financial Products
DAILY ALERT · 2026-10-06- SELL
- 152.63
- BUY STOP
- 159.97
- RISK
- 4.8%
- 3R ZONE
- 130.61
Breakdown close below the 152.63 lineOpen the alert chart
CACICACI International · Technology
- SELL
- 604.86
- STOP
- 639.88
- RISK
- 5.8%
Where these come from
XBI is a US ETF, so this alert is in the Free plan. CACI is a NYSE stock, which comes with Standard.
Compare plansHistorical performance
Historical cases show meaningful downside when confirmation and risk management are respected: wait for the close, keep the stop where the pattern fails.
Its bullish twin: Bottom Right Triangle
The same shape the right way up. Ascending bounces under a flat ceiling, then a close above it triggers the buy.
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The other seven patterns
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