Crab Harmonic Pattern [TradingFinder] Harmonic Chart patterns🔵 Introduction
The Crab pattern is recognized as a reversal pattern in technical analysis, utilizing Fibonacci numbers and percentages for chart analysis. This pattern can predict suitable price reversal areas on charts using Fibonacci ratios.
The structure of the Crab pattern can manifest in both bullish and bearish forms on the chart. By analyzing this structure, traders can identify points where the price direction changes, which are essential for making informed trading decisions.
The pattern's structure is visually represented on charts as shown below. To gain a deeper understanding of the Crab pattern's functionality, it is beneficial to become familiar with its various harmonic forms.
🟣 Types of Crab Patterns
The Crab pattern is categorized into two types based on its structure: bullish and bearish. The bullish Crab is denoted by the letter M, while the bearish Crab is indicated by the letter W in technical analysis.
Typically, a bullish Crab pattern signals a potential price increase, whereas a bearish Crab pattern suggests a potential price decrease on the chart.
The direction of price movement depends significantly on the price's position within the chart. By identifying whether the pattern is bullish or bearish, traders can determine the likely direction of the price reversal.
Bullish Crab :
Bearish Crab :
🔵 How to Use
When trading using the Crab pattern, crucial parameters include the end time of the correction and the point at which the chart reaches its peak. Generally, the best time to buy is when the chart nears the end of its correction, and the best time to sell is when it approaches the peak price.
As we discussed, the end of the price correction and the time to reach the peak are measured using Fibonacci ratios. By analyzing these levels, traders can estimate the end of the correction in the chart waves and select a buying position for their stock or asset upon reaching that ratio.
🟣 Bullish Crab Pattern
In this pattern, the stock price is expected to rise at the pattern's completion, transitioning into an upward trend. The bullish Crab pattern usually begins with an upward trend, followed by a price correction, after which the stock resumes its upward movement.
If a deeper correction occurs, the price will change direction at some point on the chart and rise again towards its target price. Price corrections play a critical role in this pattern, as it aims to identify entry and exit points using Fibonacci ratios, allowing traders to make purchases at the end of the corrections.
When the price movement lines are connected on the chart, the bullish Crab pattern resembles the letter M.
🟣 Bearish Crab Pattern
In this pattern, the stock price is expected to decline at the pattern's completion, leading to a strong downward trend. The bearish Crab pattern typically starts with a price correction in a downward trend and, after several fluctuations, reaches a peak where the direction changes downward, resulting in a significant price drop.
This pattern uses Fibonacci ratios to identify points where the price movement is likely to change direction, enabling traders to exit their positions at the chart's peak. When the price movement lines are connected on the chart, the bearish Crab pattern resembles the letter W.
🔵 Setting
🟣 Logical Setting
ZigZag Pivot Period : You can adjust the period so that the harmonic patterns are adjusted according to the pivot period you want. This factor is the most important parameter in pattern recognition.
Show Valid Format : If this parameter is on "On" mode, only patterns will be displayed that they have exact format and no noise can be seen in them. If "Off" is, the patterns displayed that maybe are noisy and do not exactly correspond to the original pattern.
Show Formation Last Pivot Confirm : if Turned on, you can see this ability of patterns when their last pivot is formed. If this feature is off, it will see the patterns as soon as they are formed. The advantage of this option being clear is less formation of fielded patterns, and it is accompanied by the latest pattern seeing and a sharp reduction in reward to risk.
Period of Formation Last Pivot : Using this parameter you can determine that the last pivot is based on Pivot period.
🟣 Genaral Setting
Show : Enter "On" to display the template and "Off" to not display the template.
Color : Enter the desired color to draw the pattern in this parameter.
LineWidth : You can enter the number 1 or numbers higher than one to adjust the thickness of the drawing lines. This number must be an integer and increases with increasing thickness.
LabelSize : You can adjust the size of the labels by using the "size.auto", "size.tiny", "size.smal", "size.normal", "size.large" or "size.huge" entries.
🟣 Alert Setting
Alert : On / Off
Message Frequency : This string parameter defines the announcement frequency. Choices include: "All" (activates the alert every time the function is called), "Once Per Bar" (activates the alert only on the first call within the bar), and "Once Per Bar Close" (the alert is activated only by a call at the last script execution of the real-time bar upon closing). The default setting is "Once per Bar".
Show Alert Time by Time Zone : The date, hour, and minute you receive in alert messages can be based on any time zone you choose. For example, if you want New York time, you should enter "UTC-4". This input is set to the time zone "UTC" by default.
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Three Drive [TradingFinder] 3 Drive Harmonic Pattern Indicator🔵 Introduction
The "Three Drive" pattern is one of the light "RTM" setups suitable for identifying price trend reversals. For this reason, this pattern is considered one of the "Reversal Patterns."
🟣 Bullish 3 Drive
At a price bottom, a formation occurs where the negative trend appears to continue, and lower lows are made.
However, the second low penetrates the range of the first low, and the third low penetrates the range of the second low, indicating a decrease in selling pressure and an increase in buying pressure.
Entry point is issued after the penetration of the third low to the second low, and targets are the highs formed in the "3 Drive."
🟣 Bearish 3 Drive
At a price top, a formation occurs where the positive trend appears to continue, and higher highs are made.
However, the second high penetrates the range of the first high, and the third high penetrates the range of the second high, indicating a decrease in buyers' strength and an increase in sellers' strength.
Entry point is issued after the penetration of the third high to the second high, and targets are the lows formed in the "3 Drive."
Importance :
This pattern bears a striking resemblance to the some of "Harmonic Pattern" and "Ending Diagonal" in the "Elliott Pattern".
🔵 How to Use
There is no need for further confirmation to use this pattern, and you can use it as soon as the pattern forms. However, to reduce errors, it is better to use this pattern when it forms within a "Supply and Demand" or "Support and Resistance" structure.
Bullish 3 Drive in Demand Zone :
Bearish 3 Drive in Supply Zone :
🔵 Settings
You can set your desired "Pivot Period" via settings for the indicator to identify setups based on it.
TALibrary "TA"
General technical analysis functions
div_bull(pS, iS, cp_length_after, cp_length_before, pivot_length, lookback, no_broken, pW, iW, hidW, regW)
Test for bullish divergence
Parameters:
pS : Price series (float)
iS : Indicator series (float)
cp_length_after : Bars after current (divergent) pivot low to be considered a valid pivot (optional int)
cp_length_before : Bars before current (divergent) pivot low to be considered a valid pivot (optional int)
pivot_length : Bars before and after prior pivot low to be considered valid pivot (optional int)
lookback : Bars back to search for prior pivot low (optional int)
no_broken : Flag to only consider divergence valid if the pivot-to-pivot trendline is unbroken (optional bool)
pW : Weight of change in price, used in degree of divergence calculation (optional float)
iW : Weight of change in indicator, used in degree of divergence calculation (optional float)
hidW : Weight of hidden divergence, used in degree of divergence calculation (optional float)
regW : Weight of regular divergence, used in degree of divergence calculation (optional float)
Returns:
flag = true if divergence exists (bool)
degree = degree (strength) of divergence (float)
type = 1 = regular, 2 = hidden (int)
lx1 = x coordinate 1 (int)
ly1 = y coordinate 1 (float)
lx2 = x coordinate 2 (int)
ly2 = y coordinate 2 (float)
div_bear(pS, iS, cp_length_after, cp_length_before, pivot_length, lookback, no_broken, pW, iW, hidW, regW)
Test for bearish divergence
Parameters:
pS : Price series (float)
iS : Indicator series (float)
cp_length_after : Bars after current (divergent) pivot high to be considered a valid pivot (optional int)
cp_length_before : Bars before current (divergent) pivot highto be considered a valid pivot (optional int)
pivot_length : Bars before and after prior pivot high to be considered valid pivot (optional int)
lookback : Bars back to search for prior pivot high (optional int)
no_broken : Flag to only consider divergence valid if the pivot-to-pivot trendline is unbroken (optional bool)
pW : Weight of change in price, used in degree of divergence calculation (optional float)
iW : Weight of change in indicator, used in degree of divergence calculation (optional float)
hidW : Weight of hidden divergence, used in degree of divergence calculation (optional float)
regW : Weight of regular divergence, used in degree of divergence calculation (optional float)
Returns:
flag = true if divergence exists (bool)
degree = degree (strength) of divergence (float)
type = 1 = regular, 2 = hidden (int)
lx1 = x coordinate 1 (int)
ly1 = y coordinate 1 (float)
lx2 = x coordinate 2 (int)
ly2 = y coordinate 2 (float)
