What is the triple bottom pattern?
The triple bottom is a bullish reversal pattern. Three tests of the same floor that all hold. The base is wide, and the level is obvious to everyone watching.
How does the triple bottom form?
Three tests of the same floor that all hold, building a wide base.
How do you confirm a triple bottom?
The base's width is part of the pattern. Three touches over many bars is a different thing from three touches in a row.
When does the triple bottom fail?
The more times a level holds, the more traders lean on it; when it finally breaks, it breaks hard and the pattern inverts on you.
No chart pattern works every time. The examples on this page were chosen because they show the pattern clearly, and in real markets patterns fail often.
Practice on real charts
3 real examples of the triple bottom, cut off where the pattern completed. Make your call, then see what happened.
The shaded area is a triple bottom. Where did price go next?
