Flag and pennant
Continuation patterns forming after a sharp rally (the flagpole) — a rectangle is a flag, a small triangle is a pennant.
This one is not written up yet
The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.
Written up from the same chapter
- RSIA momentum oscillator scaled 0 to 100 that measures the speed and size of recent price changes — conventionally read as overbought above 70 and oversold below 30.
- Support and resistancePrice levels where a move tends to pause or reverse — support where demand concentrates and forms a floor, resistance where supply concentrates and forms a ceiling.
- Technical analysisForecasting price direction from past price and volume alone, on the assumption that everything worth knowing about a company is already in its price.
Where this is taught
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