As of 03/28/2024
  Indus: 39,807 +47.29 +0.1%  
  Trans: 16,212 +183.07 +1.1%  
  Utils: 882 +7.51 +0.9%  
  Nasdaq: 16,379 -20.06 -0.1%  
  S&P 500: 5,254 +5.86 +0.1%  
YTD
 +5.6%  
 +2.0%  
 +0.1%  
 +9.1%  
 +10.2%  
  Targets    Overview: 03/13/2024  
  Up arrow40,000 or 38,500 by 04/01/2024
  Up arrow16,300 or 15,350 by 04/01/2024
  Up arrow885 or 830 by 04/01/2024
  Up arrow16,600 or 15,200 by 04/01/2024
  Up arrow5,350 or 5,100 by 04/01/2024
As of 03/28/2024
  Indus: 39,807 +47.29 +0.1%  
  Trans: 16,212 +183.07 +1.1%  
  Utils: 882 +7.51 +0.9%  
  Nasdaq: 16,379 -20.06 -0.1%  
  S&P 500: 5,254 +5.86 +0.1%  
YTD
 +5.6%  
 +2.0%  
 +0.1%  
 +9.1%  
 +10.2%  
  Targets    Overview: 03/13/2024  
  Up arrow40,000 or 38,500 by 04/01/2024
  Up arrow16,300 or 15,350 by 04/01/2024
  Up arrow885 or 830 by 04/01/2024
  Up arrow16,600 or 15,200 by 04/01/2024
  Up arrow5,350 or 5,100 by 04/01/2024

Bulkowski's Study: Do Low Priced Patterns Outperform?

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Do chart patterns in low priced stocks outperform those from higher priced stocks? This page answers that question.

Overview
Bull Market Results
Bear Market Results
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Low Priced Patterns: Overview

I looked at 16,664 chart patterns of various types (head-and-shoulders, double bottoms, and so on) in 958 stocks from 1991 to early 2005, encompassing both bull and bear markets. Not all stocks covered the entire period.

Low Priced Patterns: Bull Market Results

Price
Range
Up
Breakout
SamplesDown
Breakout
Samples
$0-10
61%
1,457
21%
1,091
10-20
42%
2,145
19%
1,879
20-30
33%
1,330
18%
1,215
30-40
30%
605
18%
587
40-50
24%
293
17%
280
50-60
24%
113
19%
117
60-70
21%
48
19%
40
>70
23%
39
25%
40

The above table shows bull market results for both upward and downward breakout directions. For example, the 1,457 chart patterns with breakouts priced over $0 and equal to or below $10, had an average rise of 61% after the breakout and before price tumbled by at least 20%, or closed below the chart pattern low, whichever came first. The 1,091 samples with downward breakouts showed declines averaging 21% before price climbed by at least 20% or rose above the top of the chart pattern, whichever came first.

Upward breakouts do best for low priced stocks and performance deteriorates as the breakout price rises until the samples skew the results. Downward breakouts show the same trend, with low priced stocks outperforming the high priced ones until the low sample counts skew the results.

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Low Priced Patterns: Bear Market Results

Price
Range
Up
Breakout
SamplesDown
Breakout
Samples
$0-10
49%
318
25%
321
10-20
37%
822
25%
706
20-30
27%
709
23%
570
30-40
24%
449
25%
432
40-50
22%
267
23%
268
50-60
16%
163
25%
146
60-70
17%
69
31%
46
>70
19%
56
31%
43

The above table shows the bear market results for both up and down breakouts using the same methodology described earlier. For upward breakouts, the trend is clear with low price stocks outperforming the more expensive ones until the samples become few. Downward breakouts hold steady with declines averaging between 23% and 25% until samples become few.

-- Thomas Bulkowski

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