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Trading with financial instruments on the Forex, a trader will always use price charts to analyze and predict movement of prices in the market. The simplest price chart is a line graph. It shows rates by one line. But there are other kinds of graphs that are more informative, for example, a Japanese candlesticks chart. It is not difficult to guess that historically Japanese candlesticks chart appeared in Japan in the XIII century. Candlesticks are used to display price quotations rates, commodity prices, stocks and others. "Japanese candlesticks" type of chart is often called configuration of interval and line graphics, because each element displays a range of changes in price for a certain period of time, for example, minutes, hours, days, weeks. Nowadays, they are one of the most popular methods for representing price movement.
A number of reversal patterns is indicated in Forex: Head and Shoulders, Double top, Double bottom, Triple top, Triple bottom, Diamond. Head and Shoulders Top – is a classical reversal pattern of technical analysis, which is formed following to a long upward trend. The model is considered to be fair reliable and is often formed. But despite above-mentioned, many beginning traders do not manage to take profit using this graphic pattern. The reason is that positions are opened prior to forming this model. Let's figure out the structure of the figure and its formation on the chart of trading terminal. The model consists from three subsequent price extreme points, the middle one is higher than others (head), and the rest two are below the middle one and are roughly equal (shoulders). All three uphills are supported by the neck line.
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