Reversal Indices Trading Chart Patterns

These patterns are formed after the stock indexes trading market has had an extended move up or down and the stock indexes price reaches a strong resistance or support respectively.

When stock indexes price reaches such a point it starts to form a pattern. Since these formations are frequently formed it is easy to spot them once you learn how and start using them. There are four types:

• Double Tops


• Double Bottoms


• Head and shoulders


• Reverse Head and shoulders

This learn indices trading tutorial will only cover double tops and bottoms, for the other 2, read this other tutorial: head & shoulders and reverse head & shoulders

Double Tops

This is a reversal indices trading pattern that forms after an extended upward indices trend. As its name implies, this formation is made up of two consecutive peaks that are roughly equal, with a moderate trough in between.

This formation is considered complete once stock indexes price makes the second peak and then penetrates the lowest point between the highs, called the neckline. The sell stock indices signal from this formation occurs when the stock indexes trading market breaks below the neckline.

In Indices, this formation is used as a early warning signal that a bullish indices trend is about to reverse. However, it is only confirmed once the neckline is broken and the stock indexes trading market moves below the neckline. Neckline is just another name for the last support level formed on the Indices chart.

Summary:

• Forms after an extended move upwards


• This formation indicates that there will be a reversal in the stock indexes trading market


• We sell when stock indexes price breaks below the neckline; see below for explanation.

The double tops look like an M-Shape, the best reversal stock indices signal is where the second top is lower than the first one as shown below, this means that the reversal can be confirmed by drawing a downward indices trend line as shown below. If a indices trader opens a sell stock indices signal the stop loss will be placed just above this downward indices trend line.

M-Shaped

Double Bottoms

This is a reversal indices trading pattern that forms after an extended downward indices trend. It is made up of two consecutive troughs that are roughly equal, with a moderate peak in between.

This formation is considered complete once stock indexes price makes the second low and then penetrates the highest point between the lows, called the neckline. The buy indication from this bottoming out signal occurs when the stock indexes trading market breaks the neckline to the upside.

In Indices, this formation is an early warning signal that the bearish indices trend is about to reverse. It is only considered complete/confirmed once the neckline is broken. In this formation the neckline is the resistance level for the indices price. Once this resistance is broken the stock indexes trading market will move up.

Summary:

• Forms after an extended move downwards


• This formation indicates that there will be a reversal in the stock indexes trading market


• We buy when stock indexes price breaks above the neckline; see below for explanation.

The double bottoms pattern look like a W-Shape, the best reversal stock indices signal is where the second bottom is higher than the first one as shown below, this means that the reversal can be confirmed by drawing an upward indices trend line as shown below. If a indices trader opens a buy stock indices signal the stop loss will be placed just below this upward indices trend line.

W-Shaped