CRAB and DEEP CRAB : Harmonic Pattern
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📶 Crab & Deep Crab Harmonic Pattern: 📶
+ The Crab & Deep Crab harmonic patterns are reversal patterns
+ There are 4 legged patterns
+ The crab pattern follows strict fibonacci ratios
+ The deep crab pattern also follows fib ratios (but with a slight variation)
+ It is a harmonic pattern that helps traders predict when the price of a stock is about to change direction.
+ The pattern can be used to predict either a bullish or bearish reversal depending on the orientation.
🔮 The Crab Harmonic Pattern 🔮
+ The pattern follows some specific features
The pattern was discovered in 2001.
+ Just as it is with other harmonic patterns, this pattern is a reversal pattern. Therefore, we have the bearish crab pattern that indicates a bearish reversal in price and a bullish crab pattern that indicates a bullish reversal in price.
+ Just as it is with other patterns, there’s a naming convention for every leg in the formation.
+ Beginning with the swing low or high, every leg is marked by a letter. There are five swing points named as X, A, B, C and D.
+ In some patterns, you will only find four (X, A, B and C).
+ The crab pattern is different because of its sharp movement in the CD leg.
+ This is usually a 1.618 percent Fibonacci retracement of the XA leg, the previous part of the crab pattern.
📶 Rules 📶
+ Some rules that have to be followed to confirm a crab pattern, such as:
+ Following the XA leg in price, the point B is a retracement of between 38.2 to 61.8 percent.
+ This retracement should ideally be lower than 61.8 percent.
+ The AB leg, is a counter trend move to the initial leg
+ After point B, the next leg, BC, can run up to 38.2 to 88.6 percent Fibonacci ratios of the AB leg (C should never go beyond point A)
+ Following the BC leg, price reverses once again, with the CD leg being the longest and reversing between 161.8 percent of the XA leg and an extreme 224.0 to 361.8 percent extension of the BC leg
+ Then you should wait for confirmation
After the crab pattern confirms these factors, a position can be taken after the CD leg is made.
+ Even though you will not notice the CD leg is always reversing close to 161.8 percent, if price action starts to stall and such a reversal begins to happen, it can be a high probability trade setup.
+ It is always better to wait until point D is made and then take an appropriate short or long position.
+ Stop-losses are placed at the low or the high of D, and targets are typically points A or B in the pattern.
⚠️ Bearish Crab Patterns ⚠️
+ The Deep Crab harmonic pattern
The deep crab is a variation of the normal crab pattern.
+ It is still a 5-point extension, and it still has the endpoint, D, at the 161.8 percent extension of XA, but the little difference is in the AB=CD importance.
+ The most distinguishing component of this pattern is the importance of the particular 88.6 percent retracement point of B.
+ Together with the crab pattern; the deep crab pattern presents an especially extended and long move towards D.
📶 Bullish & Bearish Deep Crab patterns 📶
+ Major differences between the Crab and Deep Crab patterns
+ Projection of the BC leg is not as extreme as the crab
B has to be at least an 88.6 percent retracement. Common to move more than 88.6 percent retracement level not above/below X
+ AB=CD pattern variations are more vital in the deep crab pattern
+ The BC leg is a minimum of 224 percent but can extend to 361.8 percent
📶 How to identify the Crab & Deep Crab patterns? 📶
+ It can be hard to be familiar with the Fibonacci retracement and extension values in a crab pattern.
+ Also, it can become tiring when using the Fibonacci tool to measure each leg while drawing the crab pattern.
+ Aside from the main rules of the crab pattern, traders can look for the following signs in the market, by analyzing the lows and highs and simply observing the price movement.
+ BC leg mostly exists within the XA leg
C is a higher low as opposed to A in a bearish crab pattern or C is the lower high as opposed to A in a bullish crab pattern
B makes a lower high when compared to X in a bearish crab pattern, or B makes a higher low when compared to X in a bullish crab pattern
+ D is the extreme, indicating a lower low or a higher high, going beyond X
🎯 What does the Crab (and Deep Crab) harmonic pattern tell traders? 🎯
+ Just like the butterfly, it can help traders identify when a current price move is likely getting to its end. This means traders can enter the market just as the price changes direction in the opposite way.
+ The crab and deep crab represent important overbought and oversold conditions, and reaction after completion is mostly sharp and fast.
+ It is the opinion of many analysts and traders that the crab pattern and deep crab represent some of the quickest and most profitable patterns out of all harmonic patterns.
📶 How to trade when you see the pattern📶
🎯 Trading a bearish Crab pattern 🎯
+ To trade a bearish crab pattern, put a short (sell) order at point D (the 161.8 percent Fibonacci extension of the XA leg).
+ Entry: Identify where the pattern will end at point D, and place your order
+ Stop-Loss: Put your stop-loss just below point D
+ Take Profit: The location of your profit target is highly subjective and depends on your objectives and market conditions.
+ If you desire aggressive profit, place it at point A of the pattern. For a more conservative profit, place it at point B.
✅ Trading a bullish Crab pattern ✅
+ First of all, choose the crab pattern charting tool and follow all the above rules to identify the pattern.
+ Remember that the Fibonacci ratios are very important to trade the crab pattern.
+ If you notice the pattern on a price chart and if you find the ratios not matching with the pattern rules, it means that the pattern is not valid. So do not trade that pattern.
+ When the price action confirms the pattern, immediately enter for a buy.
+ If you are a conservative trader, ensure you wait for a couple of bullish confirmation candles before entering the trade.
+ There are four targets (X, B, C, A) to place the take-profit order in the crab pattern.
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