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Descending Tops

A pattern in charts where each peak in price is lower then the previous peak in price. The pattern signals a bearish trend in the security.



The above is an example of descending tops.

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If the current peak in the price is higher then the previous peak in a descending top environment, the trend is broken and this is a bullish signal.

Related Links

Peak-and-Trough Analysis
Introduction To Technical Analysis
Price Patterns - Part 1
Continuation Patterns - Part 1

See also: Ascending Tops, Pattern, Technical Analysis, Trend

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descending tops

In technical analysis, a chart pattern indicating the up and down movement of a security's price and characterized by progressively lower highs on each upturn. This pattern is considered bearish. Compare ascending tops.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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