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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.

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

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Trendline4 readings

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Volume-price analysis5 readings

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Market breadth5 readings

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Support and resistance6 readings

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Triangle pattern6 readings

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Breakout confirmation13 readings

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Head and shoulders14 readings

Read in the archive24 of 74 readings

1982Head and shoulders as a three-path completion testChart patterns 1984Gold swing chart: failed highs, wash-out, and a boxed pivot rangeTrend and channels 1984Stock low clusters as a cycle baselineCycles and spectral analysis 1988Reaction length as a trend integrity testTrend and channels 1989Volume-confirmed reversal patterns, stops, and measured objectivesChart patterns 1990Stack option odds after point-and-figure signalsOptions and volatility 1990Calendar windows for three-wave pullbacksWaves and ratios 1990Constructing falsifiable reversal patterns from price structureChart patterns 1990Broadening swings, demand tests, and volume filtersChart patterns 1990Stacking moving averages, put-call regimes, and double bottomsIndicators and filters 1991Sold-out double bottoms as a three-gate inventory testChart patterns 1991A breadth classifier for V-bottoms and W-bottomsMarket breadth 1991Precomputed price-ratio clusters and double-top testsWaves and ratios 1991Tick extremes that confirm double tops and bottomsMarket breadth 1992Bond turning points as a regime check on equity double tops and breakoutsIntermarket and spreads 1992Commodity-bond ratio as an equity regime overlayIntermarket and spreads 1992Gold lead confirmation for commodity-index turnsIntermarket and spreads 1994Constructing the thousand-line advance-decline indicatorMarket breadth 1995Evaluating zero-line patterns on a breadth-price oscillatorIndicators and filters 1995Chart patterns as tactics, not strategyChart patterns 1996Constructing double tops from a resistance retest to a trough breakChart patterns 1996Four-stage double-bottom constructionChart patterns 1998Double-top confirmation before the measured moveChart patterns 1998Double-bottom confirmation and stop placementChart patterns

This registry entry describes a research method. It is not investment advice and does not make a performance claim.