Bulkowski’s Chart Pattern Performance Rank

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This is a listing of chart patterns that shows the performance rank of each chart pattern by its average rise or decline. A rank of 1 means the chart pattern had the best postbreakout performance. N/A in the list below means the chart pattern uses a different method to gauge performance than the other chart patterns (usually the measure from the breakout to the swing high or swing low, not to the highest high or lowest low before a trend change). Thus, a performance comparison would be unfair and meaningless. For more information see the book Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns, Second Edition.

Bull Market Chart Patterns

Chart Pattern	Average Rise or Decline Rank
Flags, down breakout	N/A
Flags, up breakout	N/A
Gaps	N/A
Measured Move Down	N/A
Measured Move Up	N/A
Pennants, down breakout	N/A
Pennants, up breakout	N/A
Flags, High and Tight, up breakout	1
Head-and-Shoulders Tops, Complex, down breakout	1
Head-and-Shoulders Tops, down breakout	2
Islands, Long, down breakout	2
Triangles, Descending, up breakout	2
Diamond Bottoms, down breakout	3
Diamond Tops, down breakout	3
Horn Tops, down breakout	3
Rectangles Bottoms, up breakout	3
Broadening Wedges, Descending, down breakout	4
Pipe Bottom, up breakout	4
Pipe Tops, down breakout	4
Bump-and-run Reversal Tops, down breakout	5
Double Tops, Adam & Adam, down breakout	5
Rounding Bottoms, up breakout	5
Rounding Tops, down breakout	5
Scallops, Ascending and Inverted, up breakout	5
Triangles, Ascending, down breakout	5
Triple Tops, down breakout	5
Double Tops, Adam & Eve, down breakout	6
Double Tops, Eve & Eve, down breakout	6
Scallops, Inverted and Descending, down breakout	6
Three Rising Valleys, up breakout	6
Broadening Wedges, Ascending, down breakout	7
Double Bottoms, Eve & Eve, up breakout	7
Islands Reversals, down breakout	7
Rectangles Tops, down breakout	7
Scallops, Descending, down breakout	7
Three Falling Peaks, down breakout	7
Triangles, Symmetrical, down breakout	7
Cup-with-Handle, Inverted, down breakout	8
Head-and-Shoulders Bottoms, Complex, up breakout	8
Rectangles Tops, up breakout	8
Triangles, Descending, down breakout	8
Broadening Bottoms, down breakout	9
Broadening Formations, Right-Angled and Ascending, down breakout	9
Broadening Formations, Right-Angled and Descending, down breakout	9
Broadening Tops, down breakout	9
Broadening Wedges, Ascending, up breakout	9
Bump-and-Run Reversal Bottoms, up breakout	9
Double Tops, Eve & Adam, down breakout	9
Head-and-Shoulders Bottoms, up breakout	9
Wedges, Falling, down breakout	9
Double Bottoms, Adam & Eve, up breakout	10
Rectangles Bottoms, down breakout	10
Rounding Tops, up breakout	10
Scallops, Ascending, down breakout	10
Triple Bottoms, up breakout	10
Wedges, Rising, down breakout	10
Diamond Bottoms, up breakout	11
Double Bottoms, Adam & Adam, up breakout	12
Double Bottoms, Eve & Adam, up breakout	12
Horn Bottoms, up breakout	12
Triangles, Ascending, up breakout	12
Cup-with-Handle, up breakout	13
Broadening Wedges, Descending, up breakout	14
Wedges, Falling, up breakout	15
Islands, Long, up breakout	16
Scallops, Ascending, up breakout	16
Triangles, Symmetrical, up breakout	16
Broadening Formations, Right-Angled and Ascending, up breakout	17
Broadening Tops, up breakout	17
Broadening Formations, Right-Angled and Descending, up breakout	18
Wedges, Rising, up breakout	18
Broadening Bottoms, up breakout	19
Diamond Tops, up breakout	19
Islands Reversals, up breakout	20
Scallops, Descending, up breakout	21