That is all fair enough, getting on board a trend for the purpose of holding a position for weeks is another matter, you will have to either strip your position size to widen stops or keep them same as if you were trading full position & be ready to get stopped out quite a few times and on top of it all be ready to give back profits that can take quite a few weeks to accumulate, not my cup of cha. But hey, what the hell, good luck with that one
When you hear me talking about them... yes. There are many different types and that is the most basic and the one I employ the most. At certain times, I will weight more size etc if a stronger reversal bar pattern occurs.