As of 10/31/2025
Indus: 47,563 +40.75 +0.1%
Trans: 15,890 +160.63 +1.0%
Utils: 1,112 -7.16 -0.6%
Nasdaq: 23,725 +143.82 +0.6%
S&P 500: 6,840 +17.86 +0.3%
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YTD
+11.8%
0.0%
+13.1%
+22.9%
+16.3%
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As of 10/31/2025
Indus: 47,563 +40.75 +0.1%
Trans: 15,890 +160.63 +1.0%
Utils: 1,112 -7.16 -0.6%
Nasdaq: 23,725 +143.82 +0.6%
S&P 500: 6,840 +17.86 +0.3%
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YTD
+11.8%
0.0%
+13.1%
+22.9%
+16.3%
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Table updated on 8/24/2020.
This is an alphabetical listing of chart patterns that shows the performance and failure rate rank of each pattern, sorted by the breakout direction in bull markets. A performance rank of 1 is best (highest post breakout rise or decline, or lowest failure rate).
-- Thomas Bulkowski
| Chart Pattern | Performance Rank Up Breakout | Performance Rank Down Breakout | Failure Rank Up Breakout | Failure Rank Down Breakout |
| Big M | 8 | 2 | ||
| Big W | 11 | 5 | ||
| Broadening bottom | 15 | 23 | 25 | 24 |
| Broadening formation, right-angled and ascending | 18 | 25 | 18 | 26 |
| Broadening formation, right-angled and descending | 19 | 18 | 32 | 17 |
| Broadening top | 22 | 28 | 29 | 25 |
| Broadening wedge ascending | 23 | 33 | 21 | 30 |
| Broadening wedge descending | 27 | 29 | 28 | 33 |
| Bump-and-run reversal bottom | 1 (best) | 6 | ||
| Bump-and-run reversal top | 3 | 1 (best) | ||
| Cup with handle | 3 | 2 | ||
| Cup with handle inverted | 6 | 7 | ||
| Diamond bottom | 27 | 1 (best) | 15 | 5 |
| Diamond top | 39 (worst) | 3 | 33 | 3 |
| Double bottom, Adam & Adam | 26 | 25 | ||
| Double bottom, Adam & Eve | 17 | 14 | ||
| Double bottom, Eve & Adam | 20 | 12 | ||
| Double bottom, Eve & Eve | 5 | 13 | ||
| Double top, Adam & Adam | 19 | 21 | ||
| Double top, Adam & Eve | 10 | 13 | ||
| Double top, Eve & Adam | 16 | 14 | ||
| Double top, Eve & Eve | 12 | 11 | ||
| Flag, high tight | 30 | 18 | ||
| Head-and-shoulders bottom | 13 | 10 | ||
| Head-and-shoulders bottom, complex | 9 | 3 | ||
| Head-and-shoulders top | 9 | 10 | ||
| Head-and-shoulders top, complex | 7 | 9 | ||
| Island bottom | 38 | 39 (worst) | ||
| Island tops | 31 | 31 | ||
| Chart Pattern | Performance Rank Up Breakout | Performance Rank Down Breakout | Failure Rank Up Breakout | Failure Rank Down Breakout |
| Rectangle bottom | 8 | 14 | 18 | 20 |
| Rectangle top | 4 | 32 | 23 | 32 |
| Roof | 35 | 16 | 37 | 15 |
| Roof, inverted | 37 | 26 | 35 | 22 |
| Rounding bottom | 7 | 1 (best) | ||
| Rounding top | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Scallop, ascending | 20 | 22 | 11 | 18 |
| Scallop, descending | 29 | 12 | 17 | 8 |
| Scallop, descending and inverted | 9 | 10 | 24 | 6 |
| Scallop, inverted and ascending | 14 | 7 | ||
| Three falling peaks | 21 | 16 | ||
| Three rising valleys | 6 | 8 | ||
| Triangles descending | 33 | 15 | 34 | 18 |
| Triangles Sym | 36 | 34 | 36 | 34 |
| Triangles, ascending | 16 | 30 | 27 | 35 |
| Triple bottom | 12 | 16 | ||
| Triple tops | 24 | 23 | ||
| V bottom | 24 | 30 | ||
| V bottom extended | 24 | 9 | ||
| V top | 20 | 27 | ||
| V top extended | 2 | 3 | ||
| Wedge, falling | 31 | 27 | 37 | 27 |
| Wedge, rising | 32 | 36 (worst) | 31 | 36 (worst) |
| Wolfe wave, bear | 35 | 29 | ||
| Wolfe wave, bull | 34 | 21 | ||
| Chart Pattern | Performance Rank Up Breakout | Performance Rank Down Breakout | Failure Rank Up Breakout | Failure Rank Down Breakout |
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