Bull Flag
A pattern where a sharp rise (the pole) is followed by a small, slightly downward drift (the flag), often…
In plain English
A pattern where a sharp rise (the pole) is followed by a small, slightly downward drift (the flag), often before another leg up.
A bull flag starts with a steep rally. Then price drifts lower or sideways in a small, neat channel, like the market pausing for breath. The rally is the pole; the drift is the flag.
Traders read it as a pause inside an uptrend and watch for a break above the flag. Its mirror image is the bear flag.
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