Triangle Breakout Failure – Bearish

An interesting formation is the failure of a triangle pattern breakout. 4-column triangle failure is a 6-column reversal pattern.

After the triangle pattern price convergence breakout, a strong uptrend is expected. Sometimes, however, the breakout proves to be a trap or false breakout, and the trend immediately reverses. That reversal trade also offers a trade opportunity.

The bullish triangle breakout pattern is a double top buy pattern that occurs after the triangle pattern. If the bullish triangle breakout pattern is immediately followed by a bearish double bottom sell signal, it marks the failure of the bullish triangle breakout and offers a bearish reversal trade opportunity.

Triangle pattern in this case is followed by a bull trap pattern.

This concept is explained in the book on P&F charts by Prashant Shah.

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