i never even noticed that. you're right, it's a perfect example of an ascending triangle.
nobody took notice at the time because everyone was bearish IMO. most people consider ascending triangles to be bullish, so they ignored it. everybody plays to their biases.......
I think the reason this particular ascending triangle was ignored was due to only have two touch-points along the ascending trend-line support (with a relevant distance between these contact points). Most consider the pattern as relevant with 3 touch-points minimum per support/resistance trend-line,
which is the basic confirmation requirement of any triangle based pattern. Traders that ignore ascending triangles and only acknowledging descending triangles (and visa versa) are clearly not very clever traders
Unfortunately for many traders, the third touch-point never occurred to properly confirm this ascending triangle, even if hindsight is a great afterthought.
whose rules are those? i was always taught that two touches are required to form a triangle's trendlines.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/ascendingtriangle.aspIt comes from the basic rules of statistics that I follow, which I find very relevant when calculating risk/reward probabilities based on chart patterns, that in themselves are unreliable enough as it is. For example: 1 is anomaly, 2 is coincidence, 3+ is a pattern. I'm therefore not interested in coincidental patterns, but confirmed ones.
Ie from a numbers perspective, you can't analyze two or less numbers statistically speaking, but three or more is possible to do.
Four (4) Points: At least 2 points are required to form a trend line and 2 trend lines are required to form a symmetrical triangle. Therefore, a minimum of 4 points are required to begin considering a formation as a symmetrical triangle. The second high (2) should be lower than the first (1) and the upper line should slope down. The second low (2) should be higher than the first (1) and the lower line should slope up. Ideally, the pattern will form with 6 points (3 on each side) before a breakout occurs.
I care about the precision of the pattern, so 3 touch-points is a must for me otherwise it screws with probability.
I also like things that are ideal, as opposed to the bare minimum to be honest