As of 12/02/2024
Indus: 44,782 -128.65 -0.3%
Trans: 17,545 -73.73 -0.4%
Utils: 1,057 -21.90 -2.0%
Nasdaq: 19,404 +185.78 +1.0%
S&P 500: 6,047 +14.77 +0.2%
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YTD
+18.8%
+10.4%
+19.9%
+29.3%
+26.8%
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 44,000 or 46,000 by 12/15/202417,025 or 18,000 by 12/15/20241,025 or 1,100 by 12/15/2024 20,000 or 18,500 by 12/15/20246,200 or 5,900 by 12/15/2024 |
As of 12/02/2024
Indus: 44,782 -128.65 -0.3%
Trans: 17,545 -73.73 -0.4%
Utils: 1,057 -21.90 -2.0%
Nasdaq: 19,404 +185.78 +1.0%
S&P 500: 6,047 +14.77 +0.2%
|
YTD
+18.8%
+10.4%
+19.9%
+29.3%
+26.8%
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44,000 or 46,000 by 12/15/202417,025 or 18,000 by 12/15/20241,025 or 1,100 by 12/15/202420,000 or 18,500 by 12/15/20246,200 or 5,900 by 12/15/2024 | ||
V tops and V bottoms are chart patterns that are easy to spot after they have completed. They appear just like their names suggest, V-shaped or inverted V-shaped price patterns on the chart. See also Extended V Tops and Extended V Bottoms.
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| Characteristic | Discussion |
| Uptrend | Look for price to make a straight-line run upward with few or no pauses, often fitting inside a channel (two parallel trendlines). |
| Reversal | Price at the top of the inverted V will form a one-day reversal, island reversal, or tail, usually on heavy volume. |
| Trendline | After the reversal, price pierces an up-sloping trendline drawn along the price lows, confirming the trend change. |
| Downtrend | Price trends down, usually at the mirror angle of the uptrend. If price climbed by 45 degrees, price will tumble following a 45 degree trend. The price trend tends to be a straight-line run with few or no pauses, often fitting inside a channel. |
Trading V tops is not an easy proposition. Draw a trendline along the bottoms as price rises in the first part of the V. When price pierces the trendline, then check for any fundamental news that would account for a reversal. Check other stocks in the same industry to see how they are behaving. Sometimes, one stock will pull the industry down with it.
If you find no fundamental news and other stocks in the industry look good, then the turn may not be at hand. Wait for 3 days and if price continues declining, then sell. Of course, you can also sell once price closes below the trendline.
This is a good example of a V top chart pattern. Price moves up in a straight-line run then drops almost as quickly as it ascended. The difficulty with V top chart patterns is that by the time you recognize it, the move is over.
Many of the identification guidelines are similar to the V top.
| Characteristic | Discussion |
| Downtrend | Look for price to make a straight-line run downward with few or no pauses, often fitting inside a channel. |
| Reversal | Price at the bottom of the V will form a one-day reversal, island reversal, or tail, usually on heavy volume, perhaps gapping upward. |
| Trendline | After the reversal, price pierces a down-sloping trendline drawn along the price tops, confirming the trend change. |
| Uptrend | Price trends up, usually at the mirror angle of the downtrend. If price dropped by 30 degrees, price will rise following a similar angle. The price trend tends to be a straight-line run with few or no pauses, often fitting inside a channel. |
Trading a V bottom is difficult because calling the turn at the bottom of the V is tough to do correctly. You can use a down trendline (drawn along the descending price tops leading to the V bottom) pierce as the buy signal but it's best to wait 2 or 3 days for price to confirm the tend change. You can also check the mirror angle. Often price will rise in an angle similar to the descent. If that appears to be the case, then buy.
Check other stocks in the same industry for a trend change. Usually the industry moves as a group and a reversal in one still will appear in other stocks in the industry as well (often the same chart pattern, such a head-and-shoulders bottom).
This is a good example of a V bottom chart pattern. Price drops at a 45 degree slope and then reverses, moving up at a slightly steeper slope. The V bottom also appears to be a head-and-shoulders bottom with the right bottom higher than the left -- call it an ugly head-and-shoulders bottom.
-- Thomas Bulkowski
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