Financial Markets Chapter 3: Price Patterns
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What is a characteristic of the second top in a double top pattern?

  • No volume at all
  • The same volume as the first top
  • Distinctly less volume than the first top (correct)
  • Higher volume than the first top
  • What does the sideways trend in a market cycle typically represent?

  • A sudden reversal in the market
  • A complete absence of market activity
  • A transitional or horizontal phase (correct)
  • A rapid acceleration of the trend
  • What typically occurs when a stock price is in an up trend?

  • It forms a double bottom
  • It forms a double top (correct)
  • It forms a gap
  • It forms a head and shoulders pattern
  • What is the primary purpose of price patterns in financial markets?

    <p>To identify trading ranges signaling transitions between trends</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the neckline in a head and shoulders pattern?

    <p>The line joining the bottoms of the two shoulders</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of a highly emotional market, as depicted in Figure 8.2?

    <p>It can change without warning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can be said about the volume of the second bottom in a double bottom pattern?

    <p>It is very low</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the general direction of the price movement after a double top or double bottom pattern forms?

    <p>In the opposite direction of the previous trend</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the line BB in Figure 8.3?

    <p>It signals the transition to a horizontal phase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of the breakout in a double bottom pattern?

    <p>It is accompanied by very heavy volume</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the transitional or horizontal phase separating rising and falling price trends?

    <p>Rectangle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the transition from a rising to a falling trend often resemble, in terms of its speed and momentum?

    <p>A fast-moving train taking a long time to slow down and reverse</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the rectangle in Figure 8.5, marking the turning point between the bull and bear phases?

    <p>Reversal pattern</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of pattern is formed when the price hits a resistance level, then breaks through the first resistance level and hits a higher resistance level, and then hits the first resistance level again?

    <p>Head-and-shoulders top</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of volume during the formation of the left shoulder in a head-and-shoulders pattern?

    <p>Volume is normally heaviest</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the pattern at market tops, where the security is distributed from strong, informed participants to weak, uninformed ones?

    <p>Distribution pattern</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the pattern at market bottoms, where the security passes from weak, uninformed participants to strong, informed ones?

    <p>Accumulation pattern</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the price pushing through line AA in Figure 8.6?

    <p>It indicates a bull market</p> Signup and view all the answers

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