Triangles — compression before release
Flat tops, rising bottoms, and squeezes.
Ascending: squeeze up
A flat ceiling with rising lows — buyers pay more each time while sellers defend one price. Compression usually releases upward.
Descending: squeeze down
A flat floor with lower highs pressing into it. Supply gets more aggressive each bounce. Mirror logic, bearish release — though about a third break up, so demand a decisive close.
The universal tell
Inside any triangle, volume and range tend to dry up. A "breakout" on rising range before the real break is often the fake — Unit 5 makes you a detective for exactly this.
Quick check
An ascending triangle is a bet that…
- Rising demand breaks the flat ceiling
- The ceiling gets stronger
- Price stops moving forever
- Lows will collapse
Rising lows against a flat top is buyers accepting worse prices to get in — the squeeze resolves up more often than not.
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