How to trade Flag and Pole chart pattern

Bullish Flag and Pole Chart Pattern Explained

- Flag & Pole and Inverted Flag & Pole are both trend continuation chart patterns. 

- In which Flag and Pole is a bullish trend continuation chart pattern. 

- And Inverted Flag and Pole is a bearish trend continuation chart pattern. 

- In this article, we will discuss about the Flag and Pole chart pattern:

FLAG AND POLE CHART PATTERN

- A Flag and Pole is a bullish trend continuation chart pattern that formed after a sharp price movement to the upside. 

- After the sharp upside movement, the price is enter in a consolidation phase. 

A sharp upward movement of the price is called the 'Pole'. 

- And a consolidation phase is called the 'Flag'. 


- The consolidation area indicates the sellers are trying to push the price down, but they are failed. 

The previous trend of the market was up, and after the pattern breakout the trend is continuing on the up side.  

- Therefore, this pattern is called the bullish continuation flag and pole pattern.


- The flag and pole pattern basically formed after an important resistance level breakout. 

• When do the Flag and Pole pattern work well ? 

- The Flag and Pole pattern work well, when the previous trend of the market is an uptrend. 

- As well, this pattern would work well if it formed after a breakout of an important resistance level. 

- When the retracement of the flag (consolidation phase) is above 50% of the pole (sharp movement of the price), this pattern works well.  

• When should the flag and pole pattern be avoided ?

- Avoid a bullish flag and pole pattern if it formed in a bearish (downtrend) market. 

- Because of selling pressure in a downtrend, there is a high probability that the pattern will fail. 

- Avoid this pattern if the retracement of the flag (consolidation phase) is more than 50% of the pole (sharp movement of the price). 

• Entry :

- Take entry when the candle is close above the flag. 

• Stop Loss :

- SL should be placed below either the previous swing or below the breakout candle.

• Target :

- The target should be the parallel distance of the pole.


 
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