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What Does Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern Mean?

Head & Shoulders Chart Pattern is a reversal pattern which forms after an extended Gold Trading upwards trend.

Head & Shoulders Pattern is made up of three consecutive peaks, the left shoulder, the head & the right shoulder with 2 moderate troughs between the two shoulders.

To open a sell gold trade after this head and shoulders reversal gold trading signal, Gold traders place their sell stop orders just below neck line.

Summary:

  • This Head & Shoulders Pattern forms after an extended move upward - gold upward trend
  • This Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern formation indicates that there will be a reversal in the xauusd market
  • This Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern formation looks like a head with shoulders thus its name.
  • To draw the neck-line we use chart point 1 & point 2 as illustrated on the xauusd example illustrated & explained below. We also extend this line in both directions.
  • We sell when the price breaks-out below the neck-line: as described on the xauusd example illustrated & explained below.

What Happens after a XAUUSD Trading Reverse Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern?

What Does Head & Shoulders Pattern Mean?

Or the head & shoulders chart pattern can also form on a slanting neck line, like the xauusd example illustrated & explained below:

What Does Head and Shoulders Chart Trading Setup Mean? - What Does Head and Shoulder Chart Pattern Mean?

What Does Head & Shoulders Pattern Mean?

Examples of Head and Shoulders Gold Pattern on a Gold Chart

What Does Head and Shoulders Gold Pattern Mean? - What Does Inverse Head and Shoulders Trading Chart Patterns Look Like?

How to Analyze the Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern

This Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern can also be formed on a slanting neck line, like the head and shoulders trading pattern examples above, the neckline does not have to be necessarily horizontal.