As of 07/02/2025
Indus: 44,484 -10.52 0.0%
Trans: 16,018 +184.59 +1.2%
Utils: 1,046 -10.08 -1.0%
Nasdaq: 20,393 +190.24 +0.9%
S&P 500: 6,227 +29.41 +0.5%
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YTD
+4.6%
+0.8%
+6.5%
+5.6%
+5.9%
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 45,100 or 43,000 by 07/15/202516,120 or 14,700 by 07/15/20251,090 or 1,025 by 07/15/202521,300 or 19,600 by 07/15/20256,350 or 6,000 by 07/15/2025 |
As of 07/02/2025
Indus: 44,484 -10.52 0.0%
Trans: 16,018 +184.59 +1.2%
Utils: 1,046 -10.08 -1.0%
Nasdaq: 20,393 +190.24 +0.9%
S&P 500: 6,227 +29.41 +0.5%
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YTD
+4.6%
+0.8%
+6.5%
+5.6%
+5.9%
| |
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45,100 or 43,000 by 07/15/202516,120 or 14,700 by 07/15/20251,090 or 1,025 by 07/15/202521,300 or 19,600 by 07/15/20256,350 or 6,000 by 07/15/2025 | ||
Statistics updated on 8/28/2020.
Identification guidelines for the bullish butterfly use Fibonacci ratios to locate the turning points. In the tests performed and discussed below, I used publicly available information to identify the Fibonacci ratios and applied them in a manner that I believe is correct. Additional guidelines may allow you to tune the performance of the chart pattern so that it makes for a better trading vehicle.
Bullish Butterfly
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The above numbers are based on just over 700 perfect trades in bull markets only. See the glossary for definitions.
See the below table and associated figure.
| Characteristic | Discussion | 
The Bullish Butterfly Retraces
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| XAB | Price rises from X (see figure on the right, not drawn to scale) to peak at A and retraces 78.6% to B. | |
| ABC | Another retrace occurs as price rises from B to C. The Fibonacci ratios which apply are shown in the figure as CB/AB. | |
| BCD | The extension CD as a percentage of CB covers the ratios shown (see CD/CB). | |
| AD/AX | The final leg of the pattern sees price drop from peak C to valley D. The AD move measures 127% of AX. |
| Trading Tactic | Explanation |
| Fibonacci | Use the length of AX to help predict the price at which the stock will turn at D. AD should be 1.27 times as long as AX. |
| Go long | Once price turns at D, buy the stock. Price may continue dropping below D but that happens just 9% of the time. |
| Stop | If price closes below D, then exit the trade. |
| Measure Rule | After price turns at D, I found price rises to A 39% of the time, to B 79% of the time, and to C 49% of the time. |
Let's take a look at a trading example.
I show the butterfly on the daily chart of LSB Industries. X has a low of 7.64, A peaks at 9.93, B has a range of 8.49 to 8.08, C has a range of 9.70 to 9.05 and D has a range of 7.80 to 7.03.
Using these numbers, the AB/AX retrace ranges from 63% to 81%, depending if you use the high or low at B. The 78.6% Fibonacci ratio rests near the high end of that range, so I consider it a valid turning point.
Similarly, the CB/AB retrace ranges between 52% and 88%, depending on the high/low value of C. Three of the Fibonacci ratios (61.8%, 70.7%, and 78.6%) are within the high/low range.
The CD/CB extension ranges between 117% and 165% (using high/low values of D), comfortably snuggling in the Fibonacci ratio of 161.8%
Lastly, the AD/AX extension measures between 93% and 127%, depending on the high/low choice of D. However, I use a 3 percentage point window (3% above or below) for this last ratio (because it's an exact match), so a Fibonacci ratio of 127% works anyway.
The stock peaks at H (the ultimate high after which price drops at least 20% or closes below the bottom of the pattern), at a price of 11.70 for a rise above D of 66%.
-- Thomas Bulkowski
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