Tips for Trading Symmetrical Triangles Long with CFDs
Symmetrical triangles have been very popular with traders over the years trading the chart pattern when it breaks out in either direction. A symmetrical triangle is defined by two lines, one on the upper boundary of the price movement which slopes down and one on the lower side which slopes up. The lines have almost the same angle, hence the name symmetrical.
Symmetrical Triangles, Breakout Unclear
Symmetrical triangles show no clear tendency to break up or down. Despite the fact 56% of the patterns break out to the upside this is likely due to the fact the market tends to move higher. Around half (44%) of these breakouts are profitable and on average the profit per trade is 0.85% over a period of 9 days.
Refine Your Entries
When you look at the performance of a symmetrical triangle surprisingly the pattern works better when the market is falling. Trading symmetrical triangles when the market is in a down trend or consolidating improves your trading results. If the sector is consolidating or rising this also improves the performance of the pattern.
Symmetrical triangles, that breakout early in the pattern, produce inferior results. A breakout is better if it occurs after the pattern gets past 30% of the way to the point. The length of a symmetrical triangle is important with patterns that are 25 days or less producing better results.
If the volume is very strong in support of the breakout the results are better. Supportive volume means the volume on the way up is 40% higher than the volume on the way down.
Symmetrical Triangles Can Be Very Profitable
You can improve your trading results by using a series of simple filters that have been outlined here. This select group of symmetrical triangles delivers an average profit of 1.87% in 11 days and is profitable on 55% of the trades. Overall this makes symmetrical triangles attractive to trade.
Note: Statistics for this article have been provided by Patterns Trader after analyzing over 60,000 chart patterns on the Australian market from 2000 - 2008. - 23159
Symmetrical Triangles, Breakout Unclear
Symmetrical triangles show no clear tendency to break up or down. Despite the fact 56% of the patterns break out to the upside this is likely due to the fact the market tends to move higher. Around half (44%) of these breakouts are profitable and on average the profit per trade is 0.85% over a period of 9 days.
Refine Your Entries
When you look at the performance of a symmetrical triangle surprisingly the pattern works better when the market is falling. Trading symmetrical triangles when the market is in a down trend or consolidating improves your trading results. If the sector is consolidating or rising this also improves the performance of the pattern.
Symmetrical triangles, that breakout early in the pattern, produce inferior results. A breakout is better if it occurs after the pattern gets past 30% of the way to the point. The length of a symmetrical triangle is important with patterns that are 25 days or less producing better results.
If the volume is very strong in support of the breakout the results are better. Supportive volume means the volume on the way up is 40% higher than the volume on the way down.
Symmetrical Triangles Can Be Very Profitable
You can improve your trading results by using a series of simple filters that have been outlined here. This select group of symmetrical triangles delivers an average profit of 1.87% in 11 days and is profitable on 55% of the trades. Overall this makes symmetrical triangles attractive to trade.
Note: Statistics for this article have been provided by Patterns Trader after analyzing over 60,000 chart patterns on the Australian market from 2000 - 2008. - 23159
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Jeff Cartridge is a private trader and created the website LearnCFDs.com A Simple Timeless Method for Huge Gains
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