Channel
A channel describes a chart pattern where the stock price does not move above the top of the channel or below the bottom of the channel. The top and bottom of the channel are often horizontal lines called "resistance" and "support", respectively.
Trade-Ideas is most interested in channels which cover more time and volume but less change in price than expected. These channels are called "consolidation" patterns. This pattern usually happen when the stock's volatility drops unexpectedly.
Alert Types
We offer the following alert types which are related to this topic.  Click on the icon for a detailed description of the alert, or click on the "more" link for additional examples of each type of alert.
| Type | Recent Examples | More Examples | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time (NY) | Symbol | Message | ||
![]() | Mar 19th, 7:34:16 PM | VNQ | Consolidation (Decaying). $49.05-49.17. Shares: 1,066,219. Time: 6 hours 10 minutes. | more |
![]() | Mar 19th, 6:20:18 PM | SONS | Channel breakout from $2.56-2.57, 2 hours 20 minutes. | more |
![]() | Mar 19th, 4:38:38 PM | AGEN | Channel breakdown from $0.76-0.7601, 2 hours 4 minutes. | more |
![]() | Mar 19th, 8:00:00 PM | BQI | Channel breakout from $0.77-0.7772, 7 hours 33 minutes. | more |
![]() | Mar 19th, 8:00:00 PM | HIG | Channel breakdown from $27.26-27.35, 4 hours 24 minutes. | more |
![]() | Mar 19th, 4:46:30 PM | TWM | Rectangle bottom. Prices: 21.13, 20.98, 21.13, 20.96, 21.15, 20.99. Started 5 hours 23 minutes ago. Last turn 47 minutes 50 seconds ago. | more |
![]() | Mar 19th, 4:36:25 PM | OC | Rectangle top. Prices: 23.71, 23.66, 23.71, 23.64, 23.70. Started 3 hours 17 minutes ago. Last turn 5 minutes 41 seconds ago. | more |







