As of 05/21/2025   Indus: 41,860 -816.80 -1.9%     Trans: 14,559 -403.42 -2.7%     Utils: 1,034 -16.91 -1.6%     Nasdaq: 18,873 -270.07 -1.4%     S&P 500: 5,845 -95.85 -1.6%	YTD -1.6%   -8.4%    +5.2%   -2.3%   -0.6%	Targets    Overview: 05/12/2025     43,700 or 40,900 by 06/01/2025   16,000 or 14,000 by 06/01/2025   1,075 or 1,000 by 06/01/2025   19,500 or 17,700 by 06/01/2025   6,000 or 5,600 by 06/01/2025
Chart Pattern Indicator: on 5/19/25

As of 05/21/2025   Indus: 41,860 -816.80 -1.9%     Trans: 14,559 -403.42 -2.7%     Utils: 1,034 -16.91 -1.6%     Nasdaq: 18,873 -270.07 -1.4%     S&P 500: 5,845 -95.85 -1.6%	YTD -1.6%   -8.4%    +5.2%   -2.3%   -0.6%
Targets    Overview: 05/12/2025     43,700 or 40,900 by 06/01/2025   16,000 or 14,000 by 06/01/2025   1,075 or 1,000 by 06/01/2025   19,500 or 17,700 by 06/01/2025   6,000 or 5,600 by 06/01/2025
Chart Pattern Indicator: on 5/19/25

Bulkowski's Scoring System

The information presented here is based on results discussed in my book, Trading Classic Chart Patterns (pictured).

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Which chart patterns will outperform and which ones will be duds? This scoring system is a method for answering that question, and it is based on research using thousands of chart patterns. Various technical and fundamental factors are scored to create a final number. The number is called a score. Values above 0 often result in performance that vastly exceeds the result from chart patterns with scores below 0. As with any system, this method does not work every time, but over time, it does help to select chart patterns that will perform better than the median performance.

-- Thomas Bulkowski

1. Broadening bottoms
2. Broadening tops
3. Diamond bottoms
4. Diamond tops
5. Double bottoms, Adam & Adam
6. Double bottoms, Adam & Eve
7. Double bottoms, Eve & Adam
8. Double bottoms, Eve & Eve
9. Double tops, Adam & Adam
10. Double tops, Adam & Eve
11. Double tops, Eve & Adam
12. Double tops, Eve & Eve
13. Head-and-shoulders bottoms
14. Head-and-shoulders tops
15. Rectangle bottoms
16. Rectangle tops
17. Scallops, ascending
18. Scallops, descending
19. Triangles, ascending
20. Triangles, descending
21. Triangles, symmetrical
22. Triple bottoms
23. Triple tops

See Also

• Visit the visual chart pattern index to hunt for other chart patterns.
• The alphabetical chart pattern index covers more topics than the visual index.
• What do you know about event patterns?
• If you prefer candlesticks, then visit over 100 of them in the alphabetical index.
• Click to view the visual candlestick index to make identification easier.

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