A Descending Triangle is a typically bearish continuation pattern formed by a flat horizontal support line and a falling resistance line. The lower highs show sellers pressing into a fixed floor, often resolving downward.
Follow-through rate — how often price moved in the predicted direction within each window — across 1,652 historical occurrences on 20+ exchanges. Computed June 2026.
| Horizon | Historical win-rate |
|---|---|
| 1 hour | 46% |
| 4 hours | 49% |
| 24 hours | 47% |
| 7 days | 52% |
| Sample size | 1,652 occurrences |
This is a historical follow-through rate, not a trade simulation, and does not guarantee future results. See methodology →
Price makes lower highs while repeatedly testing the same support, compressing toward the apex. A close below support, ideally on rising volume, completes the pattern.
Traders short the support breakdown, stop above the last lower high, and project the triangle’s height down from the breakdown for a target.
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It leans bearish and most often breaks down, but it is not guaranteed — it should be traded on the confirmed breakdown. In strong uptrends it can occasionally break upward.
Most traders wait for a decisive close below the flat support, short the break with a stop above the last lower high, and target the triangle’s height projected downward.
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