Research method
Base building
Base building is a canonical archive-taxonomy method; this registry entry defines its inputs, output and use boundary.
- Output
- Signal
- Input
- OHLC price structure and chart scale
- Horizon
- From intraday to several weeks
- Best use
- Turn a repeatable chart condition into a falsifiable trade hypothesis.
- Input: OHLC price structure and chart scale.
- Output: signal.
- Use boundary: Turn a repeatable chart condition into a falsifiable trade hypothesis.
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How the method is built, and where it has been read
Depends on
Often reviewed together
Volume-price analysis4 readings
Often reviewed together
Breakout confirmation6 readings
Read in the archive19 readings
1994Cup-and-handle base construction and volume breakout1996Constructing a mobility oscillator from price distributions1996Float turnover as a construction rule for bases and breakouts2001A historically derived growth checklist for entry, exit, and staying out2003Base-building then breakout after a market bottom2005Commodity group bases, breakouts and pennants2005Logic-first construction of a base-break system2005Quiet bases copied onto an intradacy clock2005Failed cup-with-handle after earnings and float filters2006Turning flat bases into breakout system rules2006A five-by-five grid that accepts or rejects a cup2007Base-building holds versus swing timing2007Confirmed index highs, style-fit trend systems, and bases2007Constructing rounded bottoms as multi-year bases2007Name the sideways regime before you test the breakout2011A three-peaks-and-a-domed-house chart is not a complete timing model2014Constructing a volume-capacity channel from a sideways base2016Waves, bases, and the campaign log on a price chart2020Ratio charts as regime context for relative strength and yield spreads
This registry entry describes a research method. It is not investment advice and does not make a performance claim.