The playbook

The setups we hunt for

Every alert we send starts with one of these technical setups. Learn the shape once and you will spot it on any chart. Members get a premium alert the moment one triggers, on any ticker they follow.

BreakoutBullish

Breakouts

Price coils under a clear ceiling, tests it again and again, then pushes through on a burst of volume.

What we look for

  • A flat resistance line the stock has rejected off multiple times
  • Tightening range and quiet volume into the level (supply drying up)
  • A decisive close above resistance on expanding volume

The trigger

The break and hold above the ceiling. That prior resistance is the line we then watch as new support.

Illustrative
ContinuationBullish

Bull flags

A sharp run higher (the pole) followed by a tight, slightly lower drift (the flag) before the trend resumes.

What we look for

  • A near-vertical advance on heavy volume — the pole
  • A shallow, orderly pullback that holds most of the pole's gains
  • Volume fading through the flag, then surging on the break

The trigger

A break above the top of the flag, ideally with volume returning to pole-like levels.

Illustrative
MomentumBullish

Gap-and-go

A stock opens sharply higher on a catalyst and keeps climbing, never filling the overnight gap.

What we look for

  • An open above the prior day's high on a news or earnings catalyst
  • Buyers defending the gap — it never fills in the first bars
  • Higher highs off the open as momentum carries the session

The trigger

A push through the opening range while price holds above the prior day's high (the gap floor).

Illustrative
BreakoutBullish

Cup & handle

A rounded base (the cup) and a small pullback near the rim (the handle) that sets up a clean breakout.

What we look for

  • A smooth, U-shaped recovery back toward a prior high — not a sharp V
  • A shallow handle drifting down in the upper third of the cup
  • A breakout above the rim as the handle resolves

The trigger

The break above the rim (the cup's resistance) after the handle finishes forming.

Illustrative
ContinuationBullish

Trend pullbacks

A healthy uptrend catches its breath, pulls back to a rising moving average, then resumes higher.

What we look for

  • A clean sequence of higher highs and higher lows
  • A shallow dip into a rising 10/20-day average that acts as support
  • A reversal candle off support as the trend re-asserts

The trigger

The bounce off the moving average and reclaim of the short-term highs.

Illustrative
MomentumBullish

Momentum continuation

A leading stock advances in stair-steps: thrust higher, brief tight base, thrust again — momentum that keeps paying.

What we look for

  • Successive legs up separated by tight, high consolidations
  • Each base holding well above the last — no deep giveback
  • Volume expanding on the legs, contracting on the bases

The trigger

The break out of each fresh base, continuing the established uptrend.

Illustrative
BreakoutBullish

Ascending triangles

Rising lows press into a flat ceiling — buyers grow more aggressive until the level finally gives way.

What we look for

  • A horizontal resistance line tested repeatedly at the same price
  • A series of higher lows squeezing price toward that ceiling
  • A breakout above resistance as the apex approaches

The trigger

The break above the flat resistance line, with the rising trendline of lows as the fail-safe.

Illustrative
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