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Pattern Types

Often, one of the following patterns as influencing the price action of a stock or market covered in AvidTrader research. Click on any pattern of interest for more information about its characteristics, its stages and real examples:

Channel

Double Bottom, Double Top

Head & Shoulders

Island

Rounding Bottom, Rounding Top

Symmetrical Triangle

Ascending Triangle

Descending Triangle

Complex Triangle

Trendline Touch

Wedge

Pattern Stages

Breaking

Consolidating

Correcting

False Break

Trending

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Consolidating

A very small portion of price action is spent trending. Mostly, prices consolidate in a range, and the ranging can form various patterns. The specific characteristics of the pattern can identify in which direction the consolidation will breakout, and how far prices will travel from it.



Following are examples of patterns that are consolidating. Each is linked to more examples of the pattern.

 

Channel
Consolidating - Pattern Type: Channel
Rounding Bottom / Rounding Top
Consolidating - Pattern Type: Rounding
Double Bottom / Double Top
Consolidating - Pattern Type: Double
Symmetrical Triangle
Consolidating - Pattern Type: Symmetrical Triangle
Head & Shoulders
Consolidating - Pattern Type: Head Shoulder
Ascending Triangle
Consolidating - Pattern Type: Ascending Triangle
Island
Consolidating - Pattern Type: Island
Descending Triangle
Consolidating - Pattern Type: Decending Triangle
Rising Wedge / Falling Wedge
Consolidating - Pattern Type: Wedge
Complex Triangle
Consolidating - Pattern Type: Complex Triangle