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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.

The graph7

How the method is built, and where it has been read

Depends on

Often reviewed together

Head and shoulders5 readings

Often reviewed together

Bollinger Bands5 readings

Often reviewed together

Support and resistance6 readings

Often reviewed together

Candlestick doji6 readings

Often reviewed together

Relative Strength Index7 readings

Often reviewed together

Rule-based entry11 readings

Often reviewed together

Moving average12 readings

Read in the archive24 of 149 readings

1988Constructing directional movement from bar rangeIndicators and filters 1989Next-session opening-range rules after a bear hookEntry and exit rules 1989Packaging two-bar reversals into testable entry and exit rulesEntry and exit rules 1989Inside-day contraction as a same-session open-to-close ruleEntry and exit rules 1990Volume-width candlestick bar constructionChart patterns 1990Constructing three-session rally and reaction volume signalsChart patterns 1991Constructing candlestick real bodies and multi-session patternsChart patterns 1991Candlestick body and shadow construction with three-Buddha peaksChart patterns 1991Filtering candlestick signals with stochastic percent-DChart patterns 1991Treat a candlestick reversal as incomplete until %D confirms itChart patterns 1991Candlestick labels as stacked construction testsChart patterns 1991Constructing compressed candlestick summariesChart patterns 1991Candlestick stops from confirmation and engulfingChart patterns 1992A three-count drill that binds candlesticks, head and shoulders, and entry rulesChart patterns 1992Constructing candlestick reversals from body, shadow, and trend locationChart patterns 1992Tick-index extremes as continuation and turn hypothesesMarket breadth 1992Constructing signed engulfing and doji detectorsChart patterns 1993Congestion boxes, edge candles, and the opening hourChart patterns 1993Intraday candlestick confirmation with oscillatorsChart patterns 1993Confirm an intradate candlestick only after a longer cycle reprints itChart patterns 1993Candlestick hypotheses from a 1993 reading listChart patterns 1994Constructing polarized fractal efficiency as a path filterIndicators and filters 1994License candlestick signals with oscillators and weekly vetoesIndicators and filters 1994Constructing range overlap and bar-pattern filters from neighboring OHLC barsIndicators and filters

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