All in place: Price trend - Can be any direction leading to the chart pattern. Shape - Triangular. Prices move between two converging trendlines. Trendlines - Two trendlines bound prices; the top trendline is horizontal and the bottom one slopes upward. Crossing - Price must cross the pattern from side to side, filling the triangle with price movement, not white space. Touches - Price must touch each trendline at least twice, forming distinct valleys and peaks. Volume - Trends downward 77% of the time. Breakout - Upward 70% of the time and 61% of the way to the triangle apex (upward breakouts) and 62% of the way for downward breakouts. Average rise/decline: 35%; 19%