. It’s a simple yet profound observation of market exhaustion: when a price attempts to break a previous high (or low) but fails to sustain it, reversing back through the breakout point, a major trend change is likely. This rule taught a generation of traders that the most profitable opportunities often lie in identifying the "false breakout." The Three-Pronged Approach
The price falls below the previous minor low. Once this happens, the reversal is confirmed. 2. The 2B Pattern (The "Spring" or Fakeout)
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