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Hey bitcoiners:

Gonna go over a simple trend continuation pattern today, a trading pattern called a flag. Flag can be bullish or bearish. Since bitcoin can’t be shorted (edit: not true bitfinex apparently can short), I will cover only bullish patterns.

What is a flag? http://ibankbitcoins.com/sites/default/files/resize/users/user1/chart-flag2-932x345.png

The pattern is exactly how it sounds; it looks like a flag with a pole. The pole part of the flag is the fast price rise and the flag itself is the consolidation period. A bull flag is a continuation pattern where the price stalls and consolidates briefly before continuing to rise further.

Characteristics of a bull flag pattern:

    -Prior to a flag pattern, the price of bitcoin(or stock) must be going up, in an uptrend. How do you define an uptrend?(Read concept explained section below).
    -Fast rise in price forms the pole of the flag.
    -Price stalls at this high price, the price volatility drops at this point. This is called consolidation or the flag itself. Volume is usually lower than average.
    -With step 1, 2, and 3, we call this a flag. A confirmed flag happens when the price continue to rise above the consolidation area and breakout above, making new high

There more information on how to trade a bull flag on my bitcoin blog  (http://ibankbitcoins.com/btc/bitcoin-bull-flag-trading-pattern-recognition-and-buy-setup)

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Last but not least, thank you for reading. Please leave a feedback on what you think about this type of analysis. I am deciding what my next post will be, let me know in the comments below:

    -Volatility of bitcoins (risk), how does it compare a real commodity?
    -A simple moving average trading system. A demo.

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