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This type of head and shoulders pattern has more than one left or right shoulders or head. It is also known as multiple head and shoulders pattern. [citation needed] One particular type is known as a Wyckoff distribution, which usually consists of a head with two left shoulders and a weaker right shoulder. [citation needed]
A chart pattern or price pattern is a pattern within a chart when prices are graphed. In stock and commodity markets trading, chart pattern studies play a large role during technical analysis. When data is plotted there is usually a pattern which naturally occurs and repeats over a period. Chart patterns are used as either reversal or ...
The "inverse" refers to the fact that the pattern (shown above) is the mirror image of a bearish head-and-shoulders top, a pattern consisting of three peaks in which the outer two "shoulders ...
Technicians using charts search for archetypal price chart patterns, such as the well-known head and shoulders [11] or double top/bottom reversal patterns, study technical indicators, moving averages and look for forms such as lines of support, resistance, channels and more obscure formations such as flags, pennants, balance days and cup and ...
Head and Shoulders may refer to: Bust (sculpture) Head and shoulders (chart pattern), employed in technical analysis, which is a method of stock market prediction "Head and Shoulders" (short story), a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald first published in 1920; Head & Shoulders, a brand of shampoo by Procter & Gamble
Island reversal In both stock trading and financial technical analysis, an island reversal is a candlestick pattern with compact trading activity within a range of prices, separated from the move preceding it. A "candlestick pattern" is a movement in prices shown graphically on a candlestick chart.
The Dow theory on stock price movement is a form of technical analysis that includes some aspects of sector rotation.The theory was derived from 255 editorials in The Wall Street Journal written by Charles H. Dow (1851–1902), journalist, founder and first editor of The Wall Street Journal and co-founder of Dow Jones and Company.
The absence of these requirements in the current internet definitions has led to misidentification of virtually any three peaks as a head and shoulders, according to the predilections of the viewer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.190.71.12 ( talk ) 16:37, 2 March 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]