Not rhetorical, thanks for the clear answer.
Flags and wedges aren't in my wheelhouse but pullbacks to support are so this gives another angle to be aware of.
Good call too, Sekiyo.
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I am not going to lie.
I checked the chart but only after saying it wasn't good.
I mean there is a thousand ways to read price action,
To draw patterns and trade the patterns,
But a decent flag look like this to me.
It's AU on the daily and it has a strong sector behind it (Non-Energy Minerals)
As you can see the pattern is straight and clear.
The flag pole is made of strong candles,
The price pullback on the 10 sma,
Reverses around the top,
Make a higher low.
Getting tight.
Then it breaks out.
Doesn't work all the time,
This was VYGR (Biotech) back in April.
I believe it was down on a news but I traded it.
However I sold near the top because of a spike in volume,
And the price didn't move much ... Been kinda lucky.
Then there is the bull flag with the flat or descending channel,
...
Clean and simple.
There are uglier stuff like CAR that didn't work
Took a small loss on it. That's fine ...
Otherwise I just draw an horizontal line around the highest close and its high.
Then I look for decent sideways action below the line.
If it breaks out on good volume then fine.
But it needs a nice leg up !
Example on HG