Head and Shoulders Pattern
The Head and Shoulders price will have the following characteristics:
1. Rises to a peak (first shoulder) and decline
2. Rises above the former peak and declines again (head)
3. And finally, rises again to a peak but not to the head instead to a second shoulder, and declines once more.
A transaction signal is generated when the price drifts below a trendline and is called the neckline. The neckline is simply a support that has prevented the price from moving lower. The Head and Shoulders was first identify as a bullish pattern, but as demand weaken the price will move below the neckline. The declines give traders a great opportunity to realize gains over a brief period of time by short selling.
