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                  “Identifying futures chart patterns"

Examples of the most common commodity futures chart patterns are shown below
Head and Shoulders Top | Head and Shoulders Bottom | Head and Shoulders Failure | Ascending Triangle | Descending                             
Triangle |  Symmetrical Triangle  |  Double Bottom  |  Double Top  |  Channel  |  Flag  |  Pennant  |  Rectangle  |  Wedge 

Head and Shoulders Top
Heating Oil completed a Head and Shoulders pattern in March 2003.   
Head and Shoulders Bottom
Soybeans completed a Head and Shoulders Bottom pattern in March 2002.   
Head and Shoulders Failure
Corn completed a Head and Shoulders failure in June 2003.   
Ascending Triangle
March Soybeans completed an Ascending Triangle pattern in February 2004.   
Descending Triangle
The Peso completed a Descending Triangle pattern in June 2003.   
Symmetrical Triangle
Gold completed a Symmetrical Triangle pattern in March 2003.   
Double Bottom
Wheat completed a Double Bottom pattern in May 2003.
Double Top
Cotton completed a Double Top pattern in April 2003.   
Channel
Natural Gas completed a Channel pattern in June 2003.  
Flag 
US T Bonds completed a Flag (bear) in July 2003.   
In June, US T Bonds completed a Head and Shoulders Top.

Rectangle

Japanese Yen completed a Rectangle pattern in March 2002.  
Falling Wedge
Natural Gas completed a Falling Wedge pattern in April 2003.   
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