How individual candle signals graduate into multi-bar chart patterns. The six dimensions that separate chart patterns from candle patterns: time horizon, tools, trendlines, volume, targets, and failure modes.

Every chart pattern from Lesson 16 onward is built from three foundational elements: horizontal support, horizontal resistance, and trendlines. Four visual charts — horizontal S&R, trendline drawing, channels, and role reversal — with the psychological explanation of why broken support becomes resistance.

The most iconic chart pattern in technical analysis. Full anatomy with candle integration at every structural moment — shooting star at the head peak, doji at the right shoulder, bearish engulfing at the neckline break. Statistics from six sources spanning 52–93%, with a full explanation of why the spread exists.

Double top and double bottom anatomy with candle-level reading at each structural moment: the failed breakout at peak 2, the doji at neckline, the marubozu neckline break, and the two-bar reversal at the second trough.

Two reversal categories at opposite ends of the speed spectrum. Rounding patterns reverse through gradual curved transitions — the morning star at the floor and shooting star at the peak. V-shaped reversals reverse through violent sudden directional changes — the key reversal bar and island reversal.

The most common continuation patterns in technical analysis. Three variants with full candle integration: symmetrical (bodies shrink toward apex, doji at equilibrium), ascending (flat upper resistance + rising lower trendline, 73% bullish), descending (flat lower support + falling upper trendline, 73% bearish). Statistics from four sources spanning 47–83%.

Flags and pennants as the fastest continuation patterns in the Western toolkit. Pole requirements, consolidation slope, the failed bear flag as a lesson in pattern failure, and the counter-slope resolution rule for wedges.

Rectangles as pure consolidation bounded by horizontal trendlines. Wedges as angled consolidations where both trendlines slope in the same direction. The counter-slope resolution rule: rising wedges break down, falling wedges break up.

A hybrid pattern: the cup is a rounding bottom (L18), the handle is a small flag (L20). Full anatomy with candle integration and the distinctive U-shape-then-spike volume signature. Statistics from four sources spanning 49–95%, with the key teaching point on why identification strictness drives the spread.

Four less-frequent pattern families: broadening patterns (escalating emotional volatility), diamonds (two-phase expansion then contraction), three drives (momentum exhaustion through measurable extensions), and bump-and-run (speculative blow-off tops).

Three peaks or troughs at approximately equal extremes. Candle character progression across the three touches — shooting star at P1, gravestone doji at P2, bearish engulfing at P3. Statistical performance across sources and the distinction from H&S.

Bulkowski's J-shaped continuation patterns. Four variants: ascending, inverted ascending, descending, inverted descending. Body-shrinkage on left side, doji floor, body-growth on right side — symmetry is the key identification habit.

Bulkowski's two-candle reversal at matched extremes. Weekly chart preference, tight stop-loss advantage, confirmation candle required. The pipe bottom as a bullish signal when the second candle closes higher than the first candle's open.

The six dimensions that turn pattern recognition into trade decisions: location quality, structural magnitude, volume confirmation, measured-move feasibility, failure mode awareness, and confluence with candle-level signals. High/Moderate/Low/Skip conviction levels drive position sizing.

The five-step synthesis methodology: trend context → dominant chart pattern → candle patterns within → confluence evaluation → trade decisions. Walks through the complete 28-lesson curriculum structure and closes out the candlestick and chart pattern curriculum.