Rounding bottoms
Chart Patterns
The saucer
A slow, smooth U. Sentiment turning gradually, not violently. Long bases make strong launches: the longer the saucer, the more supply has patiently changed hands.
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Why do longer bases produce stronger breakouts?
- Luck
- More weak hands have transferred shares to patient ones correct
- They don't
Time in base = accumulation. When sellers are empty, even modest buying flies.
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