Indices Charts Analysis of Setups Patterns
Indices Patterns - Technical Analysis Chart Setups StrategiesStock chart patterns are graphical representations of repeating price action patterns that are commonly used in the trading market.
Index setups help traders spot repeat patterns in analysis studies.
These Setups matter for trading because when the market isn't clearly going up or down, it makes a chart pattern. Knowing these Setup shapes is important so you can guess what might happen next in the trading market.
When price movements are drawn while trading, there are several Setups that happen naturally and keep happening repeatedly. Many technical stock traders use these Setups to guess and predict what the price will do next.
Traders often study these Setups to understand the forces of supply and demand, which cause prices to go up and down.
These Patterns are classified in to 3 various categories:
1. Reversal Setups
- Double tops Setups Patterns
- Double bottom Setups Patterns
- Head & shoulders Setups Patterns
- Reverse head & shoulders Setups Patterns
2. Continuation Setups
- Rising triangle Chart Setups Patterns
- Falling triangle Setups Patterns
- Bull flag/pennant Setups Patterns
- Bear flag/pennant Setups Patterns
3. Bilateral
- Symmetric triangle - Consolidation Patterns
- Rectangle - Range Patterns
Reversal chart patterns serve to confirm a shift in the prevailing market direction once the formation of the pattern has been validated. These reversal setups materialize following an extended price trajectory, either ascending or descending, and signal that the market is poised for a subsequent change in direction.
Continuation Pattern Setups are geometric formations that prepare the market for a directional movement consistent with the prior trend. These Continuation Chart Setups develop when the market takes a brief pause before resuming its movement in the same sequence as the preceding market trajectory.
Consolidation patterns happen when the market pauses before deciding which way to go next. When these patterns form, the market is trying to figure out what direction it should take.
Technical Chart Analysis of Setups Patterns
There exist two distinct types of chart analysis in trading: while these two approaches may appear similar, they are indeed different.
- Japanese Candlesticks - Study of a single candlestick - Read Japanese Candlesticks Patterns
- Study of a series of candles formations
(This learn trading tutorial is about the second option above - Setups Patterns)
The different tutorials for these 2 types trading analysis are:
Japanese Indices Candles
Indices Chart Setups Lessons
The examples provided below also demonstrate the differences in the arrangements of these two technical analysis methods and techniques.
Candles Patterns - Study of a single candlestick

Study of a series of candles

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