Three things are very popular in TA: W and M shapes; Fibonacci levels; and Elliot Wave. And these three are the building blocks of Harmonic patterns.
It has been observed that the frequently occuring W and M patterns have fixed levels of retracements and projections for each leg. And it is those fixed levels which differentiate one pattern from the other. So the inventors have given different names to these patterns on the basis of the fib. levels and Elliot projections working inside a pattern.
I am starting this series from the BAT pattern and I 'll try to cover one pattern at the weekends.
BAT PATTERN
THE X-A LEG Strong rejection from a support/resistance level (X) which takes the price to another important level of S/R level (A)
A-B LEG Retracement of XA leg. Point B should retrace between 38.2% to 50 % of X-A
B-C LEG Retracement of AB leg. Point C should retrace between 38.2% to 88.6% of A-B
C-D LEG 1) Retracement of XA leg. Point D should retrace 88.6% of X-A; and 2) Another condition is that point D should be between 1.618%-2.618% of B-C projection.
Pattern completes at point D so it is the most important point in the pattern. If all the above conditions are valid, a reversal is expected from this point.
# Normally a buy/sell order is placed at point D, expecting some sort of reversal, and targets are placed at 38.2% and 61.8% of A-X. # A complete reversal should not be expected at point D in any harmonic pattern. Only the price action and other confirmations can tell us if the overall trend has reversed of not.
TRADINGVIEW TOOL: Luckily we dun have to draw each and every leg of the pattern by pulling our fib. tool each time. TV has a great tool which can be used to draw these patterns easily.
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Hi, just wanted to clear some doubts about Bat pattern..at least this is how I perceive this pattern.
First of all B point should not touch 0.618XA. If it does it could end up as a Gartley pattern (where D point is sought at 0.786XA). But let's say D point retraces more than 0.786 then it could end up as a Crab ( where D point is 1.618xa).. Right?
Now, for me an Alternate Bat will be a pattern where B point retraces 0.386 XA or barely touched it plus (at that point I may expect that) D point is at 1.13 XA.
For trade execution we may seek bullish patterns at those levels.
Many traders had these confusions because of some inacurate bat patterns published on TV.
Hope this one clears some doubts.
First of all B point should not touch 0.618XA. If it does it could end up as a Gartley pattern (where D point is sought at 0.786XA). But let's say D point retraces more than 0.786 then it could end up as a Crab ( where D point is 1.618xa).. Right?
Now, for me an Alternate Bat will be a pattern where B point retraces 0.386 XA or barely touched it plus (at that point I may expect that) D point is at 1.13 XA.
For trade execution we may seek bullish patterns at those levels.
Many traders had these confusions because of some inacurate bat patterns published on TV.
Hope this one clears some doubts.