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As of 10/07/2024
  Indus: 41,954 -398.51 -0.9%  
  Trans: 15,783 -31.37 -0.2%  
  Utils: 1,027 -24.05 -2.3%  
  Nasdaq: 17,924 -213.95 -1.2%  
  S&P 500: 5,696 -55.13 -1.0%  
YTD
 +11.3%  
-0.7%  
 +16.5%  
 +19.4%  
 +19.4%  
  Targets    Overview: 09/30/2024  
  Up arrow43,500 or 41,600 by 10/15/2024
  Up arrow16,800 or 15,700 by 10/15/2024
  Up arrow1,125 or 1,025 by 10/15/2024
  Up arrow19,000 or 17,600 by 10/15/2024
  Up arrow5,900 or 5,600 by 10/15/2024

Bulkowski on Extended V Tops and Bottoms

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Extended V tops and extended V bottoms are chart patterns that are easy to spot after they have completed. They appear just like their names suggest, V-shaped or inverted V-shaped price patterns on the chart.

 

Extended V Tops
Identification Guidelines
Trading Tips
Example

Extended V Bottoms
Identification Guidelines
Trading Tips
Example
See Also

 

Extended V Tops

An extended V top chart pattern appears

Extended V Tops: Identification Guidelines

CharacteristicDiscussion
UptrendLook for price to make a straight-line run upward with few or no pauses, often fitting inside a channel (two parallel trendlines).
ReversalPrice at the top of the inverted V will form a one-day reversal, island reversal, or tail, usually on heavy volume.
TrendlineAfter the reversal, price pierces an up-sloping trendline drawn along the price lows, confirming the trend change.
DowntrendPrice trends down, usually at the mirror angle of the uptrend. If price climbed by 45 degrees, price will tumble following a 45 degree trend.
ExtensionThe extended V top is a variation of the V top. After price reverses at the top, price forms a flag or pennant pattern – a sideways price move that often swings upward against the downward price trend. Once the flag completes, price resumes the decline.

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Extended V Tops: Trading Tips

Trading an extended V top is easier than trading a regular V top. When price breaks out of the flag or pennant in the extended portion of the inverted V, take a position. For downward breakouts, expect price to approach the price level of the start of the inverted V on the left. It may not reach the exact bottom, so be prepared to exit early.

Extended V Tops: Example

Extended V top chart pattern example

The above figure shows an example of an extended V top chart pattern. Price begins the advance to the summit in early June and peaks near July. A black candle signals a reversal followed by the extension in a small congestion region that slants upward. Once the stock pierces the bottom of this region, price tumbles, approximating the angle at which price climbed to the V top.

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Extended V Bottoms

An extended V bottom chart pattern appears

Extended V Bottoms: Identification Guidelines

Many of the identification guidelines are similar to the extended V top.

CharacteristicDiscussion
DowntrendLook for price to make a straight-line run downward with few or no pauses, often fitting inside a channel.
ReversalPrice at the bottom of the V will form a one-day reversal, island reversal, or tail, usually on heavy volume, perhaps gapping upward.
TrendlineAfter the reversal, price pierces a down-sloping trendline drawn along the price tops, confirming the trend change.
UptrendPrice trends up, usually at the mirror angle of the downtrend. If price dropped by 30 degrees, price will rise following a similar angle.
ExtensionThe extended V bottom is a variation on the V bottom. After price reverses at the bottom, price forms a flag or pennant pattern – a sideways price move that often swings downward against the prevailing upward price trend. Once the flag completes, price resumes the rise.

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Extended V Bottoms: Trading Tips

Trade an extended V bottom once price exits the flag or pennant. Expect price to approach the price level of the left side of the V (where the decline started).

Extended V Bottoms: Example

Extended V bottom chart pattern example

The above figure shows an example of an extended V bottom chart pattern. The decline into the pattern is unusually steep, meaning it cannot last long, and it doesn't. Price rebounds in a V-shape and then levels out, forming the extension. The extension appears on the chart as a descending triangle -- a flat base with down-sloping top. The breakout from this congestion pattern is upward and that means a powerful move up, retracing much of the drop leading into the V bottom.

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