Alert & Filter Category
Chart Pattern Alerts
Head and Shoulders, Double Bottoms, Triangles and Rectangles
Find stocks completing classic chart patterns right now (head and shoulders, inverted head and shoulders, double tops and double bottoms, triangle, rectangle and broadening tops and bottoms) with Trade Ideas Streaming Alerts (Scanner).
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Chart patterns as they complete.
Key point
Searching for a chart pattern scanner or a head and shoulders pattern screener? In Trade Ideas, this is Streaming Alerts: each pattern is its own alert with its own rules, so you see the pattern as it completes, not on tomorrow's list.
Streaming Alerts push each Geometric Pattern alert the moment it fires.
Geometric patterns are the classic chart shapes traders draw by hand: a double bottom is two or more lows at about the same price, with significant time and volume between them; a triangle bottom is a series of at least 5 consecutive higher lows and lower highs. The Geometric Pattern category holds 10 alerts, a top and a bottom for each of 5 shapes.
Settings
How Trade Ideas finds it: Double Bottom Alert (GDBOT): by default, the 'Double Bottom' alert will appear when there are two lows at approximately the same price, with significant time and volume between them. Triangle Bottom Alert (GTBOT): by default, the 'Triangle Bottom' alert will appear when there is a series of at least 5 consecutive higher lows and lower highs.
Find chart pattern stocks in real time
Head and shoulders and inverted head and shoulders stocks
Five turning points in a set order. How Trade Ideas finds it: on the Head and Shoulders Alert (GHAS) page, by default, the 'Head and Shoulders' alert will appear when these qualifications are met: five turning points in a set order (full rules below).
Alerts: Inverted Head and Shoulders Alert (GHASI) · Head and Shoulders Alert (GHAS)
Double bottom and double top stocks
Two lows (or highs) at about the same price. Find stocks forming a double bottom pattern as it completes. The Double Bottom alert (GDBOT) detects the chart pattern for you, so you don't have to draw it.
Alerts: Double Bottom Alert (GDBOT) · Double Top Alert (GDTOP)
Triangle, rectangle and broadening patterns
Narrowing, flat and widening ranges. Find stocks forming a triangle bottom pattern as it completes. The Triangle Bottom alert (GTBOT) detects the chart pattern for you.
Alerts: Broadening Bottom Alert (GBBOT) Broadening Top Alert (GBTOP) Triangle Bottom Alert (GTBOT) Triangle Top Alert (GTTOP) Rectangle Bottom Alert (GRBOT) Rectangle Top Alert (GRTOP)
All 10 Geometric Pattern alerts
Broadening bottom
- Broadening Bottom Alert (GBBOT): Find stocks forming a broadening bottom pattern as it completes. The Broadening Bottom alert (GBBOT) detects the chart pattern for you.
Broadening top
- Broadening Top Alert (GBTOP): Find stocks forming a broadening top pattern as it completes. The Broadening Top alert (GBTOP) detects the chart pattern for you, so you don't have to draw it.
Triangle bottom
- Triangle Bottom Alert (GTBOT): Find stocks forming a triangle bottom pattern as it completes. The Triangle Bottom alert (GTBOT) detects the chart pattern for you.
Triangle top
- Triangle Top Alert (GTTOP): Find stocks forming a triangle top pattern as it completes. The Triangle Top alert (GTTOP) detects the chart pattern for you, so you don't have to draw it.
Rectangle bottom
- Rectangle Bottom Alert (GRBOT): Find stocks forming a rectangle bottom pattern as it completes. The Rectangle Bottom alert (GRBOT) detects the chart pattern for you.
Rectangle top
- Rectangle Top Alert (GRTOP): Find stocks forming a rectangle top pattern as it completes. The Rectangle Top alert (GRTOP) detects the chart pattern for you, so you don't have to draw it.
Double bottom
- Double Bottom Alert (GDBOT): Find stocks forming a double bottom pattern as it completes. The Double Bottom alert (GDBOT) detects the chart pattern for you, so you don't have to draw it.
Double top
- Double Top Alert (GDTOP): Find stocks forming a double top pattern as it completes. The Double Top alert (GDTOP) detects the chart pattern for you, so you don't have to draw it.
Inverted head and shoulders
- Inverted Head and Shoulders Alert (GHASI): Find stocks forming an inverted head and shoulders pattern as it completes. The Inverted Head and Shoulders alert (GHASI) detects the chart pattern for you.
Head and shoulders
- Head and Shoulders Alert (GHAS): Find stocks forming a head and shoulders pattern as it completes. The Head and Shoulders alert (GHAS) detects the chart pattern for you.
Filters to narrow Geometric Pattern alerts
- Relative Volume Filter (RV): Find stocks with high relative volume today. A ratio of 1 is normal for this time of day, 2.5 is 2.5x normal. Watch them in real time in Streaming Alerts.
- Consolidation Filter (ConDays): Find stocks consolidating in a tight range on the daily chart, by days. Min 7 = strong consolidation; up to 40 days reported; keep max 25 for normal ones.
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FAQ
Which stocks are forming a double bottom right now?
Turn on the Head and Shoulders Alert (GHAS) in Trade Ideas Streaming Alerts. By default, the 'Head and Shoulders' alert will appear when these qualifications are met: five turning points in a set order (full rules below). Related: Inverted Head and Shoulders Alert (GHASI).
What are Geometric Pattern alerts?
Geometric patterns are the classic chart shapes traders draw by hand: a double bottom is two or more lows at about the same price, with significant time and volume between them; a triangle bottom is a series of at least 5 consecutive higher lows and lower highs. The Geometric Pattern category holds 10 alerts, a top and a bottom for each of 5 shapes.
How do I get alerts for head and shoulders patterns?
Use the Triangle Bottom Alert (GTBOT). By default, the 'Triangle Bottom' alert will appear when there is a series of at least 5 consecutive higher lows and lower highs.
How many alerts are in the Geometric Pattern category?
The Geometric Pattern category has 10 alerts. Each one links to its own help page with default settings and examples.
Is there a chart pattern scanner that works in real time?
Yes. In Trade Ideas, it is Streaming Alerts: each pattern is its own alert with its own rules, so you see the pattern as it completes, not on tomorrow's list. Each alert reaches you the moment it fires, not on the next refresh.
Can I backtest Geometric Pattern alerts before I trade them?
Yes. OddsMakerTI Premium, the Trade Ideas backtesting tool, runs event-based backtests on alert-based strategies across thousands of stocks, with no coding. Pick a Geometric Pattern alert as the entry, add filters, and see how the strategy would have done.