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Chart pattern · Reversal · Bearish

Head and Shoulders

What is it, in one line

Three peaks, the middle one highest, both shoulders roughly level, joined by a rising or flat neckline.

Bearish · Reversal · verdict: Traditional claim, not yet measured here

Bearish Reversal Traditional claim
Schematic · the live site draws this from the rule

Formation rule

Three peaks, the middle one highest, both shoulders roughly level, joined by a rising or flat neckline.

Method

Target and invalidation

Conventional target: A break below the neckline projects a decline roughly equal to the head-to-neckline distance.

Invalidated by: A close back above the neckline invalidates the pattern.

Traditional claim, not measured

This is the standard technical-analysis interpretation. It has not been tested against our dataset the way the candlestick formations have.

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Other reversal chart patterns

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Inverse Head and Shoulders The mirror of Head and Shoulders: three troughs, the middle lowest, both shoulders roughly level.
Double Top Two peaks at roughly the same level, separated by a moderate trough.
Double Bottom Two troughs at roughly the same level, separated by a moderate peak.
Triple Top Three peaks at roughly the same level, a slower variant of the double top.

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