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Pattern drawings

Learn pattern drawings on a price chart. Choose a tool below and follow its placement steps.

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  1. 01

    ABCD pattern

    Label four manually selected turning points A, B, C and D.

    Click A, B, C and D in order. Select the drawing to move it or drag its points. Press Delete to remove the selected drawing.

    ABCD pattern on GainzAlgo
  2. 02

    Elliott impulse wave

    Label an impulse-wave sketch using the origin and five chosen endpoints.

    Click the origin and five wave endpoints. Select the drawing to move it or drag its points. Press Delete to remove the selected drawing.

    Elliott impulse wave on GainzAlgo
  3. 03

    Triangle pattern

    Outline a manually selected triangle pattern from three vertices.

    Click the three vertices. Select the drawing to move it or drag its points. Press Delete to remove the selected drawing.

    Triangle pattern on GainzAlgo
  4. 04

    XABCD pattern

    A five-point harmonic pattern with its legs labelled X, A, B, C and D.

    Click each of the five turning points in order. Select the drawing to move it or drag its points. Press Delete to remove the selected drawing.

    XABCD pattern on GainzAlgo
  5. 05

    Head and shoulders

    A labelled reversal pattern: left shoulder, head, right shoulder and neckline.

    Click the five points that form the shoulders, the head and the neckline. Select the drawing to move it or drag its points. Press Delete to remove the selected drawing.

    Head and shoulders on GainzAlgo
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