Open now your exclusive account to trade with 0 pips spreads and leverage up to 500:1 [maxbutton id=”18″ ] [maxbutton id=”17″ ] Three types of triangle chart formations: symmetrical, descending and ascending. Symmetrical Triangle A symmetrical triangle is a chart formation where the slope of the price’s highs and the slope of the price’s lows converge together to a point where it looks like a triangle. What’s happening during this formation is that the market is making lower highs and higher lows. This means that neither the buyers nor the sellers are pushing the price far enough to make a clear trend. If this were a battle between t     he buyers and sellers, then this would be a draw. This is also a type of consolidation.   In the chart above, we can see that neither the buyers nor the sellers could push the price in their direction. When this happens we get lower highs and higher lows. As these two slopes get closer to each other, it means that a breakout is getting near. We don’t know what direction the breakout will be, but we do know that the market will most likely break out. Eventually, one side of the market will give in. So how … Continue reading Triangle Patterns