A technical analysis term referring to a chart formation in which a price exhibits...
A technical analysis chart, pattern that has three peaks resembling a head and two shoulders. The marketâ€(tm)s price moves up to its first peak (the left shoulder), drops back, then moves to a higher peak (the top of the head), drops again but recovers to another, lower peak (the right shoulder). A head and shoulders top typically forms after a substantial rise and indicates a market reversal. A head and shoulders bottom (an inverted head and shoulders) indicates a market advance.
A major reversal pattern. Following the break of a trendline in an up-trend, the market is unable to recapture the previous high (the head) and a lower peak (right shoulder) is formed. A break below the "neckline", a support line drawn from the trough that formed prior to the head and the trough made prior to the right shoulder, completes the pattern. Price forecasts are made by projecting the range from the neckline to the head, down from the break- down point (the neckline).
A chart formation characterized by three rallies, the second one reaching the highest point, and viewed by technical analysts as a very bearish indicator.
A price trend pattern which has three peaks, the middle one higher than the surrounding two forming what looks to be a head with two shoulders on either side. This pattern is seen as an indicator of a trend reversal.
"Head and shoulders": Technical expertise reminding a line of shoulders, necks and heads of the person.
Patterns resembling the head and shoulders outline of a person, which is used to chart stock price trends.
A head and shoulders pattern is a price reversal pattern used in technical analysis. There are two main types: a head and shoulders top, and a head and shoulders bottom. The head and shoulders top is made up of three peaks, with the middle peak being the highest (the head). The head and shoulders bottom is simply the reverse of the head and shoulder top i.e. it's represented by three downward pointing peaks with the middle peak being the lowest. A head and shoulders top can indicate the arrival of a major market downturn. A head and shoulders bottom signals the end of a downtrend and the beginning of an uptrend.
Usually reflecting negatively on a stock, head and shoulders is a term in technical analysis given to a chart pattern in which a stock price peaks, declines, rises to a second peak higher than its first, declines, rises to another peak lower than the second, and declines. The first and third peak represent the shoulders while the second peak represents the head.
When the middle price peak of a given tradable is higher than those around it.
The figure of a technical analysis reminding a line of shoulders, necks and heads of the person.
This classic reversal pattern forms from an extended high that sits between two lower highs. 3 relative lows beneath the 3 highs connect at a trendline known as the neckline. Popular opinion expects a major selloff when the neckline breaks.
A pattern in price trends which chartist consider indicates a price trend reversal. The price has risen for some time, at the peak of the left shoulder, profit taking has caused the price to drop or level. The price then rises steeply again to the head before more profit taking causes the the price to drop to around the same level as the shoulder. A further modest rise or level will indicate a that a further major fall is imminent. The breach of the neckline is the indication to sell.
A reversal pattern characterized by a high, a higher high, a lower high, and a break below the line joining the lows between the highs, the so-called neck-line.
A technical trading pattern that resembles a head and two shoulders. In a head and shoulders top formation,t eh stock reaches one plateau (the left shoulder), then goes still higher (the top of the head), and then drops back to the plateau again (the right shoulder). The head and shoulders top pattern signifies the reversal of an upward trend. A head and shoulders bottom pattern signifies the reversal of a downward trend.
The best known of the reversal patterns. At a market top, three prominent peaks are formed with the middle peak slightly higher than the other two. When the trendline connecting the two intervening troughs is broken, the pattern is complete.
Three pronged chart formation resembling a head and two shoulders, where the second peak marks the extreme of the trend. The third peak fails to extend beyond the second. The pattern is completed by a break of the “necklineâ€, signalling a trend reversal. Also "Inverse Head and Shoulders" at market bottoms.
A price pattern made by recorded high-low-close bars on a bar chart. Chartists say the main price move after the breakout will be similar to the distance upward in the middle portion or "head" of the pattern, in the opposite direction. The same reasoning applies to a pattern with the head extending down.
A sideways price formation at the top or bottom of the market that indicates a major market reversal..
A chart pattern in which there are three successive rallies which form the outline of a person's upper torso. This pattern is used to alert investors that a stock price could be headed for a fall.
In technical analysis, a chart formation that resembles a human head and shoulders and is generally considered to be predictive of a price reversal. A head and shoulders top (which is considered predictive of a price decline) consists of a high price, a decline to a support level, a rally to a higher price than the previous high price, a second decline to the support level, and a weaker rally to about the level of the first high price. The reverse (upside-down) formation is called a head and shoulders bottom (which is considered predictive of a price rally).
"Head and Shoulders" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald written and published in 1920. It was first published in The Saturday Evening Post, with the help of Fitzgerald's agent, Harold Ober.
