PARALLEL CHANNEL A channel can be used as an entry pattern for the continuation of an established trend, as part of a trend following strategy. A channel forms when price action is controlled by 2 parallel, sloping lines and has tested each of these lines at least twice.
Head and Shoulders Pattern Understanding a Head and Shoulders Pattern The head and shoulders pattern forms when a stock's price rises to a peak and subsequently declines back to the base of the prior up-move. Then, the price rises above the former peak to form the "nose" and then again declines back to the original base. Finally, the stock price rises again, but...