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How to Recognize and Trade a Technical Chart Pattern

By Kelvin F Carles


Just like in other forms of trading, chart patterns result from the most common currency movements over time. The points are a result of the most common trading patter over time and when connected to each other will show how the prices move depending on certain factors. High and low and closing prices the line of points connect these. These chart patterns are used in technical analysis, in order to predict an underlying currency pair's future price movements.

It takes time for a beginning forex trader to identify currency chart patterns. It certainly takes patience and time to comprehend the movement of markets and the formation of patterns.

As a beginning trader, be careful not to extrapolate a pattern too early, and make a trade before there is a verifiable pattern in place.

The Wedge, Head and Shoulders, Channels, Descending Triangle, Double top are the five most important trading technical chart patterns in currency trading.

Wedge.

There are two variations for the wedge pattern. The wedge pattern is really a reversal pattern, which depicts the reversal of the pattern which is connected with the wedge's borders. A bearish reversal pattern and a bullish reversal pattern indicate the raising and falling wedges respectively A pattern called a wedge is formed by connecting the high and low points of the candlesticks. The upper trendline forms a sharper slope than the falling wedge and lower trend forms a sharper edge than the rising wedge in a wedge chart

A pattern indicated by head and shoulders.

This trading technical chart pattern resembles a head flanked by shoulders on both sides, as the name suggests. The high peaks the candle stick points form the perfect place for the trough and peaks, which naturally lead to the head and shoulders pattern chart. Larger price peaks and smaller price peaks are represented by the head and the shoulder respectively The very familiar head and shoulders chart is a very bearish pattern. At the point where a break in the ascent happens and the descending triangles starts becoming more prominent, this is when it's time to sell.

The descending triangle pattern

A bearish pattern is formed with a descending triangle where the upper trendline is made up of their lower highs and the lower horizontal trendline is formed with the lower ones and both is said to converge with each other. After a while, there will be a bearish breakout at the horizontal trend line that's lower.

The Price Channel.

Channels may be caegorized as ascending, descending or horizontal. No matter what variation is visible in the chart, channels are defined similarly. Technical ranges with rates that have been used for trading presently are called channels. When the price range trends upwards upwards channels apepars, when the range trends downwards falling channels are apparent and when the range moves sidewats a horizontal channel is seen.

Double Top Chart Pattern.

Double top, is viewed as a brearish reversal trading technical chart pattern depicted by one trough which is associated with two successive peaks. Peak levels are close. Temporary support is seen at the level of the trough and the neckline is depicted by a horizontal line that is viewed at this particular point.

With the chart patterns the head and shoulders and the double tops patterns also display reverse patterns referred to as the Reverse Head and Shoulders, with Double Bottom patterns. To reiterate, traders are signaled that it's a good time for buying or selling a particular currency pair by these trading technical chart patterns. So these five were among the key currency trading chart patterns that could help any trader.




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