Double Bottoms & Head and Shoulders

Reversal patterns that can signal a trend is changing direction — how to spot them, where the trigger is, and why confirmation matters.

Reversal patterns

Continuation patterns pause a trend. Reversal patterns suggest a trend may be ending. They take time to form because it takes time for control to shift from sellers to buyers, or the reverse. The most widely followed are the double bottom (and its cousin the double top) and the head and shoulders.

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