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 to spot a triple bottom
- 1Find three lows at roughly the same price after a decline.
- 2Mark the highs of the bounces between them as the ceiling of the base.
- 3The pattern completes when price closes above that ceiling.
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?
Triple Bottom: common questions
Is the triple bottom bullish or bearish?
The triple bottom is bullish. The more times a level holds, the more violent the break when it finally goes.
How do you spot a triple bottom?
Find three lows at roughly the same price after a decline. Mark the highs of the bounces between them as the ceiling of the base. The pattern completes when price closes above that ceiling.
What is the difference between the triple bottom and the triple top?
The triple bottom: Three tests of the same floor that all hold. The base is wide, and the level is obvious to everyone watching. The triple top: Three attempts at the same ceiling, three rejections. Rarer than a double top and slower to build.
How reliable is the triple bottom?
No chart pattern works every time. 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. That is why it helps to wait for confirmation and to practice on many real examples before relying on it.
How can I practice spotting the triple bottom?
Use the real charts on this page: each one stops where the triple bottom completed, so you can make a call and then see what happened. The free Chartle app mixes the triple bottom in with 48 other patterns in short daily sessions.
Keep learning
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- Cheat sheet PDFAll patterns on two printable pages.
