What is the triple top pattern?
The triple top is a bearish reversal pattern. Three attempts at the same ceiling, three rejections. Rarer than a double top and slower to build.
How does the triple top form?
Three attempts at the same ceiling, three rejections, with pullbacks in between.
How do you confirm a triple top?
Each failed retest leaves fewer buyers willing to try again. The level matters more than the exact shape of the peaks.
When does the triple top fail?
A level tested three times is obvious to everyone watching, which is precisely why the eventual break is so often upward instead.
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 top, cut off where the pattern completed. Make your call, then see what happened.
The shaded area is a triple top. Where did price go next?
