This is an art more than a science as every price pattern has subtle differences.
Academics say that the stock market is random--that there is no pattern to price movements.
Charts are showing a bearish pattern, but price patterns are merely sentiment indicators and daily market sentiment is being influenced by rumors.
But as the price of debt fell, that pattern became increasingly common.
Worries are now growing that the pattern of previous oil price shocks may be repeated: inflation, interest rate hikes and, finally, years of painful recession.
So, in case you have not noticed the pattern: when the price goes down, the yield goes up and when the yield goes down, the price goes up.
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It also attracts young fashion enthusiasts who might buy one and cherish it, eventually repeating that pattern up the designer price ladder as she earns and spends more.
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It pulled back slightly after the breakout, but rallied back and is now trading less than 1% above its cup buy point of 63.58, ten cents above the July 9 high price on the left side of the pattern.
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After a 12-year bull run since 2000 this pattern would suggest that the commodity price boom may be at, or near, its end.
This is a frequent pattern for Apple: Its stock price tends to fall some 1.3% following product releases, according to a FORBES analysis.
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Last week, Newmont cleared a cup-without-handle base, a pattern of strength that often precedes a new price run-up.
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An increase in short interest in line with climbing prices (when other factors are not an influence) is a pattern we see when short sellers are sceptical of the price move, and believe the securities to be overbought.
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The on-balance volume (OBV) shows a pattern of higher highs, line c, which confirms the price action.
Another measure of core inflation that we monitor closely, based on the price index for personal consumption expenditures excluding food and energy, shows a similar pattern.
To convince customers they were getting a better rock at a higher price, he developed a handheld, cylindrically shaped magnifying glass that clarifies the pattern of hearts and arrows.
The weekly relative performance shows a pattern of higher highs (line g), as it has confirmed the price action.
Banking crises, usually associated with asset-price bubbles (because that is where the risky lending goes), nearly always follow this pattern.
Even larger leaps in sizing technology are being made by companies like Acustom Apparel, which uses 3D body scanners along with pattern-making software to scale the creation of custom-fitted clothing at a digestible price point.
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One would expect that the voting pattern could be influenced by large factors: the Iraq War, the state the economy, the price of gasoline.
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