Pattern school
What the tape is drawing
Elliott, Wyckoff, Power of 3, and the named setups — same story in four dialects. Open a card. The diagram is the lesson. The cheat is what you do. The kill line is when you are wrong.
Elliott wavesMarkets breathe in fives and give it back in threes. Wave 2 is the trap. Wave 3 is the meat.
WyckoffSize builds a cause in a range, then spends it. Phase C is the last lie — that lie is the entry.
Power of 3Accumulate in a box. Raid one side (the Judas swing). Expand the other way. The raid is the setup, not the breakout.
Named patternsA sketch until the neckline, rim, or wedge floor does the confirming close. Until then, it is not a trade.
Wyckoff
Accumulation
Boring on purpose. Size is absorbing supply.
Selling climax (SC), automatic rally (AR), secondary test (ST), then the spring — a false breakdown that closes back in the range. Sign of strength (SOS) jumps the creek.
The cheat
The spring is the last cheap inventory. Markup starts when the range high is jumped on volume.
It dies if
A close back under the spring low after an SOS means the cause failed. The ice is still live.
Same story, four dialects. Wave 2 is the spring is the raid is the handle.
Elliott waves
Impulse 1–2–3–4–5
The trend in five.
Elliott waves
A–B–C correction
The give-back after five.
Elliott waves
Full breath: 5 then 3
One complete cycle.
Wyckoff
Accumulation
Building cause after a decline.
Wyckoff
Distribution
Cause to the downside after a rally.
Wyckoff
Markup / markdown
Spending the cause.
Power of 3
Power of 3 (AMD)
Accumulate. Manipulate. Expand.
Named patterns
Cup and handle
Rounded base, then a shallow rest.
Named patterns
Head and shoulders
Three peaks. The middle is the head.
Named patterns
Inverse head and shoulders
Three troughs. The middle is the deepest.
Named patterns
Double top
The same high, refused twice.
Named patterns
Double bottom
The same floor, held twice.
Named patterns
Rising wedge
Higher highs, higher lows — floor catching the ceiling.
Named patterns
Falling wedge
Lower highs, lower lows — ceiling falling faster.
Named patterns
Ascending triangle
Flat supply, rising demand.
Named patterns
Descending triangle
Flat demand, falling supply.
Named patterns
Bull flag
A sharp pole, then a tight downward channel.
Named patterns
Bear flag
A sharp drop, then a tight upward channel.