Monday, March 2, 2009

Head and Shoulders

Head and Shoulders

A head and shoulders pattern is also a trend reversal formation. It is formed by a peak (shoulder), followed by a higher peak (head), and then another lower peak (shoulder). A “neckline” is drawn by connecting the lowest points of the two troughs. The slope of this line can either be up or down. In my experience, when the slope is down, it produces a more reliable signal.

Head and Shoulders

In this example, we can visibly see the head and shoulders pattern. The head is the 2nd peak and is the highest point in the pattern. The two shoulders also form peaks but do not exceed the height of the head.

Head and Shoulders

You can see that once the price goes below the neckline it makes a move that is about the size of the distance between the head and the neckline.

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