trendline
Definition
Technical analysis formation created by drawing a line connecting a series of descending tops, descending bottoms, ascending tops or ascending bottoms. Some technical analysts look for prices breaking through trendlines on the belief that those stocks have broken through a resistance level and are headed in a new direction.
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double bottom, triple bottom, triangle, wedge
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