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Chart Patterns

Double Top

Pattern Description:

The double top is a major reversal pattern that forms after an extended uptrend. The pattern is made up of two consecutive peaks that are roughly equal, with a moderate trough in-between. As illustrated below, a double top consists of two well-defined, sharp peaks at approximately the same price level. A double top occurs when prices are in an uptrend. Prices rise to a resistance level, retreat, return to the resistance level again before declining. The two peaks should be distinct and sharp. The pattern is complete when prices decline below the lowest low in the formation. The lowest low is called the confirmation point.

How to use Option Watch in XENITH

Kelly Clement shows how to use Option Watch in XENITH Real-Time Market Data and News.

How to Take a Loss

by Brett N. Steenbarger, Ph.D.

There are quite a few books written on how to make money in the market. Some of them are even written by people who have made money as traders! What you don’t see often, however, are books or articles written on how to lose money. “Cut your losers and let your winners run” is commonsensical advice, but how do you determine when a position is a loser? Interestingly, most traders I have seen don’t formulate an answer to this question when they put on a position. They focus on the entry,...

Bullish exhaustion evident in the BTC/ETH Ratio

2025-05-21 by Tim Straiton

Current price of the BTC/ETH Ratio is 41.71. After an impressive bull run from 12.20 in September 2022 to a high of 53.53 in April 2025, this ratio is showing signs of bullish exhaustion and further downside can be expected towards the Fibonacci 50% retracement level at 33 which nearly coincides with the rising 40 week moving average at 33.79. A trendline break in the 14 week relative strength index also suggests impending weakness.

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IFTA

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The International Federation of Technical Analysts