Visual pattern recognition forms the basis for technical analysis, and chart formations are divided broadly into continuation or reversal patterns.

See what all the fuss is about and brush up on some basic and even advanced reversal and continuation chart patterns here.

Bull Flags and Bear Flags

Double Top and Double Bottom

Head and Shoulders

Rising Wedge and Falling Wedge

Rounded Reversal (Scallop, Saucer Bottom, or Cup and Handle)

Three Push Pattern

Triangles (Ascending Triangle, Descending Triangle, Symmetrical Triangle)