What the patterns look like
Made-up prices. Shape example only, not a detected signal.
Read left to right. The line charts join selected turning points; they leave out the full candle history and volume.
Rising support
- Example price
- Rising support
- The support line connects rising low points. It must not be drawn through intervening candle wicks.
- This picture shows a support test. A fresh held break below the line is a different, bearish event.
- Line at start
- 100
- Line at end
- 110
- Final test
- 110
Made-up prices. Shape example only, not a detected signal.
Falling resistance
- Example price
- Falling resistance
- The resistance line connects falling high points. A line crossed by earlier wicks is not clean resistance.
- This picture shows a resistance test. A fresh held break above the line is a different, bullish event.
- Line at start
- 100
- Line at end
- 90
- Final test
- 90
Made-up prices. Shape example only, not a detected signal.
One boundary, two different questions
Rising support joins higher low points beneath price. Falling resistance joins lower high points above price. First ask whether price is testing a clean line. Then ask whether it has broken through the line and stayed beyond it.
The support example rises from 100 to 110. Price returns to the line at 110. The resistance example falls from 100 to 90, with the final test at 90. These are tests of the lines, not break signals.
A line must fit the history
The scanner uses separate swing points, where price turned, and checks intervening candle wicks. A line drawn through old wicks is not a valid clean boundary. Several nearby bars from one reaction are not independent tests.
Strict needs at least four independent contacts, three confirmed reactions, and a strong fit. The full checks also include the span of the history and the size of the move. Our short diagrams do not prove those checks passed.
A break changes the meaning
A held break below rising support is bearish evidence, even though the old line slopes upward. A held break above falling resistance is bullish evidence, even though the old line slopes downward.
A crossed line no longer counts as clean support or resistance. A qualified fresh break is a separate case. Trendline break signals are limited to the break period and the next completed period; they then expire. Do not keep treating an old break as a new signal.
Current PatternLedger rules
These rule summaries are shared with the Pattern Reference. Strict means that more checks pass. It is not a promise of profit.
Rising support
- Look for
- Uncrossed rising line; price tests support or holds a fresh breakdown.
- Strict needs
- At least four independent contacts, three confirmed reactions, and strong fit.
- What makes it invalid
- Crossed support retires; break signals expire after the next period.
Falling resistance
- Look for
- Uncrossed falling line; price tests resistance or holds a fresh breakout.
- Strict needs
- At least four independent contacts, three confirmed reactions, and strong fit.
- What makes it invalid
- Crossed resistance retires; break signals expire after the next period.
Check the real signal
- Use the displayed signal date and the right Daily or Weekly chart.
- Read the current direction, Strict or Loose label, and what makes the signal invalid.
- Compare matching backtest evidence. A diagram, score, or past result does not guarantee a future return.