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Flags and Pennants

Bhp looks like a bit of a pennant forming ready for the next leg up
 

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Four from the resource sector.
 

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The US continues to rally. Is this a genuinely strong market or a bull trap?
Dunno, but I'm still mostly daytrading.
 

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Just for a bit of fun.

Here is a nice breakout of a triangle. Decreasing volume during the formation of the pattern and increased volume in the breakout today.

Looking pretty bullish!? Everyone work out what it is?
 

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Just for a bit of fun.

Here is a nice breakout of a triangle. Decreasing volume during the formation of the pattern and increased volume in the breakout today.

Looking pretty bullish!? Everyone work out what it is?

The good ole XAO - not looking quite as bullish today.


On the point of bullishness, don't write off a flag or pennant pattern when it fails. There might just be a good trade there a few days down the line.
 

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A pennant is a relativeley long tapering flag and for technical analysis usually a symmetrical shape.

Not to be confused with rising/falling wedges, ascending/descending triangles or diddly squats.
 
A pennant is a relativeley long tapering flag and for technical analysis usually a symmetrical shape.

Not to be confused with rising/falling wedges, ascending/descending triangles or diddly squats.

If it flies on the top of a 'flagpole' I'll trade it if I can, whatever shape it is, but I'm happy to remove offending charts or call them something else.

Perfect patterns are for academics and trading book authors.

It's all about the moneeeeee.
 
Just for a bit of fun.

Here is a nice breakout of a triangle. Decreasing volume during the formation of the pattern and increased volume in the breakout today.

Arrhhh!!

I spent 10 min last night doing a search for this. was going to reply that there was only 1 stock in all the ASX that closed between 37 and 37.5.

But its doesn't match! And I stare at this chart all day, fool!
 
Arrhhh!!

I spent 10 min last night doing a search for this. was going to reply that there was only 1 stock in all the ASX that closed between 37 and 37.5.

But its doesn't match! And I stare at this chart all day, fool!

lol, I thought you would have been the first to get it.

rotflmao
 
Arrhhh!!

I spent 10 min last night doing a search for this. was going to reply that there was only 1 stock in all the ASX that closed between 37 and 37.5.

But its doesn't match! And I stare at this chart all day, fool!

LOL. I did exactly the same thing this morning.

Then I noticed the volume.
 
Thanks nomore4's. I even went as far to run a scan of the US markets to see what was within that price range. There was alot, but nothing with that pennant
 
lol, sorry guys I didn't think it would cause such a problem

You could've just asked:
 
They name pops up when you mouse over the chart I thought?
 
MLI is forming a wedge/pennant. Is there much difference between the the two. The important question is which direction is it going to break out.
 

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MLI is forming a wedge/pennant. Is there much difference between the the two. The important question is which direction is it going to break out.
I'm not sure if a couple of days action is sufficient to establish a pattern. It may be, but there seems to be a higher probability of a pattern conforming to the T/A theory when there's more time involved in the S&R.
 
I tend to define flags and pennants as most patterns that form at the top of a 'flagpole'.

Bukowski is probably more specific when it comes to pennant and flag shapes.

He also specifies a duration. I'm not sure about the minimum, but from memory anything over three weeks he describes as a wedge or triangle rather than flag/pennant.
 
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