OptiNod Academy
Chart Patterns
Browse all 7 parts in the Chart Patterns series and start from the section you need.
How to Read Chart Patterns: Compression, Confirmation, and Invalidation
Assess whether a chart pattern is tradable by checking compression, whether the breakout holds, the confirmation candle, and the invalidation price.
Breakout and Retest Patterns - A Breakout Is Confirmed When the Close Holds
Separate real breakouts from false ones by watching whether price holds beyond the level and how it reacts on the retest, instead of chasing a single breakout candle.
Triangles and Wedges - Reading Where Compression Breaks
Use triangles and wedges to judge compression and the final failed breakout, not to predict direction in advance.
Double Top and Double Bottom Patterns: Read the Second Failure First
Read double tops and double bottoms through the failure of the second high or low and the retest after the neckline break, rather than memorizing them as M/W shapes.
Head and Shoulders Patterns: Focus on the Right Shoulder
A practical way to trade head and shoulders patterns using the right shoulder for lower risk and clear invalidation, instead of chasing the neckline break.
Quasimodo (QM) — The SMC Version of the Head and Shoulders, Triggered by a Sweep of the Prior High
For the trader who used to trade the head and shoulders off a neckline break, this article makes QM about the spot where price sweeps the left-shoulder high and then breaks the prior low. It explains why the trigger moves from a price level to a liquidity event, using verified BTC and ETH daily examples.
Neely River Channels: Reading the Center, Slowdowns, and Channel Breaks
River channels are more than trendlines. They separate price behavior into acceleration, slowdown, and channel-break zones.