1The horizontal
A flat line joining two or more almost equal highs: the river-line every rally stalls at.
THE CEILINGBottom End Sweep
Price keeps making lower lows under a flat ceiling, sweeping out the last sellers. Then it breaks out hard, and the buy comes on the pullback to the ceiling’s projected line.
- BUY SIGNAL
- On the pullback to the projected line after the break
- SELL STOP
- Just below the last bounce low, or a % you set
- BOUNCES
- 2 minimum, 3 ideal, each low lower than the last
- CONFIRMATION
- A retracement that closes near the broken line
● PATTERN ANATOMY · MODEL
02 · ANATOMY
Three pieces make the sweep
A flat ceiling, a falling floor, and the line projected past the break. Hover a card to light it up on the chart.
2The lower lows
Each dip under the ceiling goes lower than the last, sweeping out the stops of the remaining sellers.
THE SWEEP3The projection
Price breaks out above the ceiling. The line is projected forward in blue, and the buy sits at its tip when price pulls back.
THE ENTRY LINE03 · 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 below the horizontal river-line, each one reaching a lower low.
2minimum3ideal
Slow down, fast up
The decline from the ceiling to each low (B1, B2, B3) should be slower than the rise back up to it.
▼ slow▲ fast
04 · 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.
Break, then pull back
The pattern confirms when price breaks above the horizontal, then retraces and closes near it. The buy sits at the tip of the projected line.
Stop below the last bounce low
Set the sell stop just below the last bounce low, or use your own percentage when the last two lows (B2 and B3) are far apart.
Let price come back to you
Don’t chase the breakout candle. The entry is the return to the line, which keeps the distance to the stop, and your risk, smaller.
Reading the risk/reward. The distance from buy to stop is your risk. Our alerts project a reward zone at three times that risk, so you see the potential before you enter.
05 · WHY IT WORKS
The last sellers get flushed out. Then buyers take over.
Stops sweptEach lower low triggers stop-losses and shakes out weak holders.
A fixed ceilingRallies keep stalling at the same price, so the level is easy to see.
A forceful breakWhen sellers are exhausted, buyers push through the ceiling fast.
Old ceiling, new floorThe pullback tests the broken line as support before the move.
06 · IN THE WILD
Real alerts from our scanners
LT Foods on the 2026-09-30 daily scan, and the FCEL alert of 2026-04-16.
LTFOODSLT Foods · Other Agricultural Products
DAILY ALERT · 2026-09-30- BUY
- 391.00
- SELL STOP
- 375.80
- RISK
- 3.9%
- 3R ZONE
- 436.60
Projected line at 391, after the break above the ceilingOpen the alert chart
FCELFuelCell Energy · Industrials
- BUY
- 7.18
- STOP
- 6.41
- RISK
- 10.7%
After the alert, FCEL traded near $35 by 2026-07-01.
Watch the move Where these come from
LT Foods trades on India’s BSE, a market in the Free plan. FCEL is a Nasdaq stock, which comes with Standard.
Compare plansHistorical performance
Historical cases show meaningful upside when confirmation and risk management are respected: wait for the pullback, keep the stop under the last low.
01 · WATCH
See it explained on a live chart
- How to spot the ceiling and the lower lows
- Why the buy waits for the pullback to the projected line
- How the alert shows it on the Yard Charts chart
Its bearish twin: Top End Sweep
The same shape upside down. Higher highs above a flat floor, a breakdown, then a sell on the rebound to the projected line.
READ ALSO
The other seven patterns
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