Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns (eBook)

THOMAS BULKOWSKI is a successful investor with 40 years of experience trading stocks. He is a leading expert on chart patterns and an internationally known author of nine Wiley titles including Chart Patterns: After the Buy and Getting Started in Chart Patterns, Second Edition.

Introduction 1

1 How to Trade Chart Patterns 9

2 AB=CD®, Bearish* 27

3 AB=CD®, Bullish* 36

4 Bat®, Bearish* 44

5 Bat®, Bullish* 52

6 Big M* 60

7 Big W* 77

8 Broadening Bottoms 95

9 Broadening Formation, Right-Angled and Ascending 114

10 Broadening Formation, Right-Angled and Descending 132

11 Broadening Tops 153

12 Broadening Wedge, Ascending 175

13 Broadening Wedge, Descending 192

14 Bump-and-Run Reversal, Bottom 208

15 Bump-and-Run Reversal, Top 227

16 Butterfly®, Bearish* 245

17 Butterfly®, Bullish* 255

18 Cloudbanks* 263

19 Crab®, Bearish* 277

20 Crab®, Bullish* 286

21 Cup with Handle 294

22 Cup with Handle, Inverted 311

23 Diamond Bottoms 326

24 Diamond Tops 344

25 Diving Board* 362

26 Double Bottoms, Adam & Adam 379

27 Double Bottoms, Adam & Eve 398

28 Double Bottoms, Eve & Adam 419

29 Double Bottoms, Eve & Eve 438

30 Double Tops, Adam & Adam 458

31 Double Tops, Adam & Eve 476

32 Double Tops, Eve & Adam 494

33 Double Tops, Eve & Eve 510

34 Flags 526

35 Flags, High and Tight 542

36 Gaps 555

37 Gartley, Bearish* 568

38 Gartley, Bullish* 577

39 Head-and-Shoulders Bottoms 585

40 Head-and-Shoulders Bottoms, Complex 601

41 Head-and-Shoulders Tops 618

42 Head-and-Shoulders Tops, Complex 636

43 Horn Bottoms 653

44 Horn Tops 668

45 Island Reversals 682

46 Measured Move Down 699

47 Measured Move Up 713

48 Pennants 726

49 Pipe Bottoms 743

50 Pipe Tops 760

51 Rectangle Bottoms 773

52 Rectangle Tops 792

53 Roof* 811

54 Roof, Inverted* 825

55 Rounding Bottoms 839

56 Rounding Tops 855

57 Scallops, Ascending 871

58 Scallops, Ascending and Inverted 888

59 Scallops, Descending 903

60 Scallops, Descending and Inverted 921

61 Three Falling Peaks 936

62 Three Peaks and Domed House* 952

63 Three Rising Valleys 960

64 Triangles, Ascending 976

65 Triangles, Descending 997

66 Triangles, Symmetrical 1019

67 Triple Bottoms 1040

68 Triple Tops 1057

69 V-Bottoms* 1075

70 V-Bottoms, Extended* 1089

71 V-Tops* 1104

72 V-Tops, Extended* 1118

73 Wedges, Falling 1131

74 Wedges, Rising 1148

75 Wolfe Wave®, Bearish* 1164

76 Wolfe Wave®, Bullish* 1174

Statistics Summary 1184

Glossary 1197

Visual Index of Chart Patterns 1212