Patterns & Signals

Chart patterns done honestly — what the shapes encode about buyers and sellers, how often they mislead, and how to test whether a pattern carries any information at all.

4 units · 16 lessons · 64 min read · plus hands-on practice, at your pace

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What is a continuation pattern actually made of?

Continuation Patterns · 3 min read · practitioner

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Unit 1 Continuation Patterns

  1. What is a continuation pattern actually made of? 3 min
  2. Why does a sharp move so often pause in a flag? 3 min
  3. What do triangles say about a narrowing argument? 4 min
  4. What actually happens when a consolidation breaks? 4 min
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Unit 2 Reversal Patterns

  1. What has to change before a trend can turn? 3 min
  2. What does a head and shoulders encode about a fading trend? 4 min
  3. Why do prices so often stall twice at the same level? 4 min
  4. How often does a reversal pattern reverse anything? 4 min
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Unit 3 Candlesticks & Gaps

  1. What does a single candle encode about a session? 5 min
  2. What does an engulfing candle say about who showed up? 4 min
  3. What is a long wick or a tiny body telling you? 4 min
  4. Why does a price sometimes skip a price entirely? 4 min
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Unit 4 Breakouts, Noise & Honesty

  1. Why do so many breakouts fail? 5 min
  2. Why does every pattern look obvious afterwards? 4 min
  3. How would you test whether a pattern has any edge? 5 min
  4. Patterns and signals — course checkpoint 4 min
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Last Course exam

One exam, the whole course Unlocks when you have read all 16 lessons

Passing it earns the course certificate. It also counts toward the Trader track (course 3 of 9): pass every course exam in a track to earn its track certificate.