Special Types of Triangles

Contracting Triangles – the Types

When it comes to the contracting triangles, it needs to be said that these types of triangles can be irregular, horizontal as well as running variations and the same things is applicable to the expanding triangles as well. However, not a lot of can be concluded from their names. However, it is extremely important to mention that each of the types of the triangles that were mentioned previously are appear a lot when the technical analysis of the markets is being done.

Video material that is accompanying this educational series are presenting you with the basic information about the previously mentioned triangles and the second part of this educational series will be dealing with the special types of the triangles. The above mentioned types of the triangles are located on the b-d trend line and it needs to be said that the b-d trend line can be considered as the most important trend line and that this trend line should be considered and looked at when it comes to the respecting the triangle’s rules.

Triangles formed on the C-E and A-E Trend Line

However, the triangles are not only formed on the b-d trend line but rather on the c-e trend line as well as on the a-e trend line and it can even happen that the triangles are formed on special variations. The only rule or the only condition that needs to be fulfilled with triangles on these trend lines is the condition that the triangle needs to contract which means that the a-c as well as the b-d trend lines need to have a certain point in time when these two trend lines should meet.

As we have mentioned previously, there are two types of the triangles, the contracting and the expanding triangles and the most common type of the triangle that appears is the contracting triangle. However, this statement does not mean that the expanding triangles do not appear but rather that they are appearing less commonly than the contracting triangles.

Contracting Triangle

In the case of the contracting triangle, what it needs to be mentioned is the fact that the a-c and the b-d trend lines are contracting ones and this is the reason why this type of triangles is called the contracting triangle. This means that in order for the two mentioned trend lines to contract the waves needs to be shorter and shorter with every wave starting with the wave a and finishing with the wave.

However, this is not obligatory and it sometimes happens that, for example, in the irregular formations, the wave b is the longest leg of the triangle and it happens that it is longer than the wave a. In that case, some may think that the triangle in that case will be broker and interpreted differently. However, that is not the case and the reason for that will be explained in the following part of the text.

The main reason for that is the fact that the main rule of the triangle which says that the b-d trend line needs to be broken and the form of the a-c trend line are still the same. However, this is a special type of the triangle or the irregular triangle. These kinds of triangles in majority of cases display bigger thrust or the measure move and this issue is very important when considering the profit of your FX positions or when setting the expiration date for an option.

Completing the Triangle

In the moment when the b-d trend line gets broker that is the moment when it is considered that the triangle has been completed and in that moment we will be able to move on towards the new move that the market is creating. Additionally, this is valid for all types of the triangles and it does not matter whether it is the contracting or the expanding triangle or is it a special triangle or not.

In other cases, other triangles do not have the a-c trend line. However, they are formed on the a-e trend line or even on the c-e trend line. In that case, it needs to be mentioned that these variations are the only variations available because the triangle with the a-c trend line will broken with the wave e and that means that the wave e is longer than the wave c which as a result has the potential creation of the a-e trend line.

Expanding Triangles

In case of the expanding triangles, things get a bit trickier because the condition for the expanding triangle to appear is the conditions that requires that the a-c as well as b-d trend lines should not meet at any point in the future. Because of that, that kind of triangles have the expanding nature.

The legs of the expanding triangle are all following the wave a that is bigger than the previous wave and the rules applied to the a-c and b-d trend lines need to be the same. However, it is important to mention that if it happens that you actually see the expanding triangle in the classical shape which is horizontal, it means that the market will be forming one and that it will probably be the complex correction.

The expanding triangles that appear most commonly actually form the series of three different highs and lows and if you take any chart as well as if you take a look at the prices in the past you will be able to see that these formations are actually appearing quite often.

For the traders that deals with the binary options trading, triangles might seem to be too complicated. However, the right understanding of the way in which they are formed, the places in which they appear and how to actually trade using those triangles is crucially important. The video material accompanying this article is actually making a transition from the previous article about the thrust of the triangle and it also puts it into the perspective of binary options trading and FX trading with these kind of patterns.

Since markets are actually consolidating most of the time these types of patterns are actually being formed all the time and it does not matter what in what kind of market the trade is being done.

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