As of 05/21/2025   Indus: 41,860 -816.80 -1.9%     Trans: 14,559 -403.42 -2.7%     Utils: 1,034 -16.91 -1.6%     Nasdaq: 18,873 -270.07 -1.4%     S&P 500: 5,845 -95.85 -1.6%	YTD -1.6%   -8.4%    +5.2%   -2.3%   -0.6%	Targets    Overview: 05/12/2025     43,700 or 40,900 by 06/01/2025   16,000 or 14,000 by 06/01/2025   1,075 or 1,000 by 06/01/2025   19,500 or 17,700 by 06/01/2025   6,000 or 5,600 by 06/01/2025
Chart Pattern Indicator: on 5/19/25

As of 05/21/2025   Indus: 41,860 -816.80 -1.9%     Trans: 14,559 -403.42 -2.7%     Utils: 1,034 -16.91 -1.6%     Nasdaq: 18,873 -270.07 -1.4%     S&P 500: 5,845 -95.85 -1.6%	YTD -1.6%   -8.4%    +5.2%   -2.3%   -0.6%
Targets    Overview: 05/12/2025     43,700 or 40,900 by 06/01/2025   16,000 or 14,000 by 06/01/2025   1,075 or 1,000 by 06/01/2025   19,500 or 17,700 by 06/01/2025   6,000 or 5,600 by 06/01/2025
Chart Pattern Indicator: on 5/19/25

Symmetrical Triangle Quiz

Updated 3/6/2019.

A symmetrical triangle is a common chart pattern but it's not easy to trade. The breakout is difficult to spot because it depends on price crossing a diagonal trendline.

After a breakout occurs, the stock may wobble up and down as it decides on a trend direction. According to research for my Chart Patterns: After the Buy book, the symmetrical triangle busts more often than ascending or descending triangles, for both breakout directions.

What does that mean? Price often reverses direction after the breakout to start a new trend in the direction opposite the breakout.

Symmetrical Triangle: Quiz

Below is a six-slide quiz to test your ability to identify symmetrical triangles and trade them. Captions appear below the pictures for guidance, so be sure to scroll down far enough to read them.

1 / 6

Find as many symmetrical triangles on the chart as you can. For help, click here.

2 / 6

A symmetrical triangle has plenty of trendline touches with price movement filling the pattern.

3 / 6

Find as many symmetrical triangles on the chart as you can.

4 / 6

The stock has pulled back to A. Is the stock a buy?

5 / 6

Here's one way to trade the triangle. The rising wedge gives a timely exit signal.

6 / 6

Another way to trade it with a later sell signal that doesn't leave much profit.

❮ ❯

See Also

• More slider quizzes
• Quiz: Ascending triangles
• Quiz: Broadening bottoms
• Quiz: Broadening tops
• Quiz: Broadening formation, right-angled and ascending
• Quiz: Broadening formation, right-angled and descending
• 158 Additional quizzes (downloads)