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Indices Price Breakout after Head and Shoulders Pattern

Head & Shoulders Chart Pattern is a reversal stock indices pattern which forms after an extended Indices Trading upwards trend.

Head & Shoulders Chart Pattern is made up of 3 consecutive peaks, left shoulder, head & right shoulder with two moderate troughs between the two shoulders.

To open a sell indices trade after this head and shoulders reversal indices trading signal, Indices traders place their sell stop pending orders just below neckline.

Summary:

  • This Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern forms after an extended move upwards -indices upward trend
  • This Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern formation indicates that there will be a reversal in stock indices trading market
  • This Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern formation looks like a head with shoulders thus its name.
  • To draw the neck-line we use chart point 1 & point 2 as illustrated on the stock indices trading examples explained below. We also extend this line in both directions.
  • We sell when stock indices price breaks-out below neck-line: as described on the stock indices trading examples explained below.

What Happens to Indices Price Action After a Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern? - Head and Shoulders Chart Setup PDF

What Happens to Indices Price Action After a Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern?

Or the head & shoulders stock indices chart pattern can also form on a slanting neck line, like the stock indices trading examples explained below:

What Happens to Indices Price Action After a Head and Shoulders Indices Chart Setup?

What Happens to Indices Price Action After a Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern?

Examples of Head and Shoulders Indices Pattern on a Indices Chart

Indices Price Breakout after Head and Shoulders Pattern - Head and Shoulders Chart Setup Technical Analysis

Indices Price Breakout after Head and Shoulders Pattern

This Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern can also be formed on a slanting neck line, like the head and shoulders stock indices chart pattern examples above, the neckline does not have to be necessarily horizontal.