Thursday, 25 August 2016

Rising and Falling Wedges Chart Patterns - Global Market Astro

Global Market Astro takes its privilege in explaining the commonly observed chart pattern i.e. The Wedge in this blog. Hope it gives a greater understanding to the readers and aids them in stock market trend analysis

THE WEDGE

The wedge is a type of chart pattern that signals the reversal of trend which gets formed within the wedge. These wedges serve as a chart pattern tool in stock market forecast. The wedges are similar to that of the Symmetrical triangle chart patterns formed by the support and resistance trend lines. The only way in which they differ from symmetrical triangle is they last for longer periods from three to six months. The trend lines of the wedge generally slant in either upward or downward direction, which makes them differ from the uniform trend lines of the triangles.

TYPES OF WEDGES

Based on the slant pattern of the trend lines, wedges are classified as

1-FALLING WEDGE - sloping downward
2-RISING WEDGE - sloping downward

FALLING WEDGE

The falling wedge is generally a bullish pattern which signals the upward price break through wedge and to move uptrend. The trend lines in this pattern get slanted and converge in downward direction as the price is moving downtrend. Here the price movement bounces between the trend lines, which bound the price movements.

The common thing to look in a falling wedge is that the upper or resistance trend line should exhibit a sharper slope than the lower or support trend line. The flat nature of support trend line shows that the selling pressure has dropped down making it tougher for the sellers to push the price downwards.

The price movement of a wedge should at least test both the support and resistance trend lines twice during the lifetime of a wedge. The more it tests at the resistance level the quality of the wedge is considered to be high.

The buy signal is indicated if the price breaks through upper resistance trend line. This breakout should be at higher volume but due to the long term nature it should be confirmed that the price has successive closes above resistance line.

Wedge-Stock Market Trend Analysis

RISING WEDGE

The rising wedge is a bearish pattern that signals a downward movement in security price. The trend lines of a rising wedge slant and converge in an upward direction. The price movement fluctuates between two trend lines. Once the price moves towards the apex, the momentum weakens. The traders would view for a move below the lower support line for a reversal in uptrend. The sellers start to gain momentum as the buyers’ strength weakens because of the inability of the buyers to take price higher. The pattern gets completed once the sellers take control of the stock when the price falls below support line

Source : https://www.globalmarketastro.com/blog/wedges-rising-and-falling/

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