Triangle Breakout Failure – Bullish

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 downtrend is expected. Sometimes, however, the breakout proves to be a trap or false breakout, and the trend immediately reverses. In this case, the reversal also offers a high probability trade opportunity.

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

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

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

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