As of 03/18/2024
  Indus: 38,790 +75.66 +0.2%  
  Trans: 15,418 -81.05 -0.5%  
  Utils: 853 +3.06 +0.4%  
  Nasdaq: 16,103 +130.28 +0.8%  
  S&P 500: 5,149 +32.33 +0.6%  
YTD
 +2.9%  
-3.0%  
-3.2%  
 +7.3%  
 +8.0%  
  Targets    Overview: 03/13/2024  
  Down arrow38,000 or 39,350 by 04/01/2024
  Up arrow16,300 or 15,350 by 04/01/2024
  Up arrow885 or 830 by 04/01/2024
  Down arrow15,200 or 16,600 by 04/01/2024
  Up arrow5,250 or 5,000 by 04/01/2024
As of 03/18/2024
  Indus: 38,790 +75.66 +0.2%  
  Trans: 15,418 -81.05 -0.5%  
  Utils: 853 +3.06 +0.4%  
  Nasdaq: 16,103 +130.28 +0.8%  
  S&P 500: 5,149 +32.33 +0.6%  
YTD
 +2.9%  
-3.0%  
-3.2%  
 +7.3%  
 +8.0%  
  Targets    Overview: 03/13/2024  
  Down arrow38,000 or 39,350 by 04/01/2024
  Up arrow16,300 or 15,350 by 04/01/2024
  Up arrow885 or 830 by 04/01/2024
  Down arrow15,200 or 16,600 by 04/01/2024
  Up arrow5,250 or 5,000 by 04/01/2024

Bulkowski's Top 10 Reversal and Continuation Chart Patterns

Statistics updated 7/7/2022 to agree with the results found during research of the book, Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns, 3rd Edition.

Top 10 Reversals and Continuations: Summary

The following are the top 10 performing chart reversal and continuation patterns. A complete list of chart patterns for both bull and bear markets is available in an Excel spreadsheet by clicking here.

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Top 10 Reversals, Upward Breakout, Bull Market

The following covers the top ten reversal performers in bull markets only.

In most cases, a reversal pattern has price entering and exiting the chart pattern from the top. In other words, an inbound downtrend changes (reverses) into an uptrend after the upward breakout. With some patterns, like a bump-and-run reversal bottom, the price trend within the chart pattern is long enough that I consider it a downward move. When an upward breakout follows, it reverses that downtrend.

Chart patternAverage Rise
Rounded top61%
Bump-and-run reversal bottom55%
Double bottom, Eve & Eve50%
Scallop, descending and inverted49%
Broadening formation, right-angled and ascending47%
Head-and-shoulders bottom, complex47%
Rounded bottom47%
Scallop, inverted and ascending47%
Big W46%
Rectangle bottom46%

Top 10 Continuations, Upward Breakouts, Bull Markets

Continuation patterns with upward breakouts have price entering the chart pattern from the bottom and exiting out the top. A list of the top 10 performers follows.

Chart PatternAverage Rise
Cup with handle54%
Rounded top51%
Three rising valleys51%
Rectangle top51%
Rounded bottom48%
Diamond bottom47%
Scallop inverted and ascending45%
Scallop inverted and descending44%
Ascending triangle43%
Ascending scallop42%

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Top 10 Reversals, Downward Breakouts, Bull Market

These reversal patterns have price entering the pattern from the bottom and exiting the chart pattern out the bottom, too. With a bump-and-reversal top, they are long enough that the price trend is upward within the chart pattern, so I consider a downward breakout as a reversal.

Chart PatternAverage Decline
V top extended18%
Diamond top17%
Big M17%
Bump-and-run reversal top17%
Head-and-shoulders top, complex17%
Rounded top16%
Cup with handle, inverted16%
Roof16%
Double top, Adam & Eve16%
Double top, Eve & Eve16%

Top 10 Continuations, Downward Breakouts, Bull Market

Shown in the next table are the top 10 continuation patterns with downward breakouts in a bull market.

Chart PatternAverage Decline
Broadening top20%
Rounded top19%
Diamond bottom19%
V top extended19%
Scallop, ascending18%
Diamond top18%
Cup with handle, inverted18%
Broadening formation, right-angled and descending17%
Descending triangle17%
Scallop, descending and inverted16%

Notes:

The average rise and decline are for hundreds of 'perfect trades' without commissions or fees deducted. Each reversal or continuation measures from the opening price the day after the breakout to the ultimate high (upward breakout) or low price (downward breakout). The ultimate high is the highest high before price drops by at least 20%. The ultimate low is the lowest low before price rises by at least 20%. Other restrictions apply, but you get the idea.

-- Thomas Bulkowski

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