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Traders can spend countless hours and days looking for ways to enter the financial market. On their journey to discover the ‘Holy Grail’ of market entry, they explore Japanese candlestick patterns, contrarian concepts, the large variety of oscillators, the Elliot Wave theory, and a lot of other technical approaches. Beginners usually learn from oscillators and indicators how to identify entries into the market; the more indicators and oscillators get studied, the more they’re used in trading.
However, a lot of novice traders neglect one of the most important indicators and oscillators out there – price! The price gives you the full picture of the market, factoring in economic, political and geographic variables. A lot of traders who are just starting out find it hard to use the price as an indicator because they don’t have the experience, so they usually cast it aside and put less weight on it. The truth is, price is the greatest indicator – everything else comes second.
As far as the best market entry point goes, most experienced traders already know that it’s the trend reversal. This is the point at which a dominating trend reverses course, signalling a shift in the opposite direction. While forex trading is filled with reversal patterns, for the purposes of this article, I will be discussing three types.
Reversal Pattern #1: Inverse Head & Shoulders
After a succession of lower tops and lower bottoms, there comes a moment when a bottom fails to go lower than the preceding one. This is the critical point when demand overpowers supply, and the market becomes crowded with buyers looking to enter aggressively and push the price higher.
Inverse Head & Shoulders: Seven Things You Need To Know.
Reversal Pattern #2: Triple Bottoms
Similar to the previous reversal pattern, triple bottoms indicate that a downtrend is ending and an uptrend is beginning. Three equal, or nearly equal, bottoms make up this price pattern – together with a definitive close above the resistance (the top) of the formation. It is imperative that prices break over the top of this pattern; otherwise it’s not a triple bottom reversal.
Triple Bottoms: Seven Things You Need to Know
Reversal Pattern #3: Double Bottom
A downtrend will be in full force, as long as there is a succession of lower tops and lower bottoms reflected in the price action. In this scenario, supply overcomes demand and negative sentiment pushes the prices down to lower levels. Where available, volume would indicate the first sign of weakness if it decreases on its way down. A second warning is signalled when the last bottom fails to move lower than the preceding one. Once the price breaks over the resistance level with increased volume (where available), the double bottom reversal pattern is complete.
Double Bottom: Seven Things You Need to Know
In Conclusion
There are multiple varieties of bullish trend reversals. Many traders, especially novices, tend to experiment with candlestick reversal patterns and oscillator signals, but they seldom explore reversal patterns that are dictated by price. In reality, price is boss and second to none. Price charts incorporate all external factors, including political, economic and environmental data.
Through price, one understands the psychology of the market and its participants. Thus, reversals with a high probability, are directly based on price patterns that are quickly spotted on the chart. For even better accuracy (and where available), volume – together with oscillator analysis – may be used as further confirmation of reversal patterns.
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