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Foundations

Pattern library

Head & shoulders81%

The most recognized reversal - 81% break-even rate, rank 9 out of 36 bearish patterns

Double top (M pattern)75%

Two failed attempts at the same high. 75% break-even rate, rank 19 out of 36 bearish

Double bottom (W pattern)84%

84% break-even rate, averages 39% gains. Eve & Eve variant ranks #5 of 39 bullish

Triple bottom87%

Three failed support tests. Ranked 12/39 bullish, 13% failure, 46% avg rise, 74% target hit on 2,500+ Bulkowski trades

Triple top75%

Three failed resistance tests. Ranked 24/36 bearish, 25% failure, 14% avg decline, 49% target hit on 1,964 Bulkowski trades

Ascending triangle83%

Flat resistance, rising support. 83% break-even, 43% average rise, 70% target hit

Descending triangle77%

Counter-intuitively breaks up 53% of the time. 77% break-even on downside breakouts

Symmetrical triangle75%

Bulkowski ranks it 36/39 bullish patterns - his words: 'performance is awful'

Rising vs falling wedge49-74%

Rising wedge ranks 36/36 dead last among bearish patterns. Falling wedge is only 31/39

Cup and handle95%

Ranked 3rd of 39 bullish patterns by Bulkowski - 54% average rise on 913 trades

Bull flag56%

56% success rate, 9% average rise. High-and-tight variant hits 39% across 1,028 trades

Bear flag45%

45% break-even failure, 8% average decline. Only 40% of flags break downward - the other 60% break up

Bear pennant43%

Only 43% break down, 54% fail at break-even, 32% hit target. The worst of the flag/pennant family

Bull pennant46%

57% break up, 54% fail at break-even, 35% hit target. Flags beat pennants on every Bulkowski metric

Signals & confirmation

Scanning & workflow

Alert driven tradingMust read

You're not lazy for not watching charts 12 hours. You're doing it wrong

Manual vs automated scanning

An honest comparison - where each approach wins and where it falls apart

How to scan crypto for chart patterns

4 methods from free to fully automated - with the math on why manual breaks at 50 pairs

Binance chart pattern scanner

Scan supported Binance spot and futures markets for 20 patterns, with alerts in under 20 seconds. No API keys, no account connection.

Bybit chart pattern scanner

Scan supported Bybit Spot and Perpetual markets for 20 patterns, with alerts in under 20 seconds. Why speed matters extra on leveraged perps.

MEXC chart pattern scanner

Scan supported MEXC Spot and Perpetual markets for 20 patterns. The largest pair universe of any supported exchange, built for early-listing traders.

KuCoin chart pattern scannerNew

Scan KuCoin Spot and Futures for 20 patterns. Liquidity-filtered so alerts come from markets you can actually trade. Built for the small-cap, early-listing edge.

Hyperliquid chart pattern scannerNew

Scan Hyperliquid's native perp DEX and sub-DEX (xyz) listings for 20 patterns. The first perp DEX coverage on a ChartScout Basic plan.

Why are crypto alerts always late?

Most platforms don't detect patterns. The few that do alert after the breakout, not before

Set up crypto alerts on Discord

Native Discord alerts for 20 chart patterns in under 5 minutes - no webhooks, no code

Set up crypto alerts on Telegram

Native Telegram alerts for 20 chart patterns in under 5 minutes - no BotFather, no signal group gambling

Alternatives & comparisons

Risk management

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Stjepan Ivanović
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Stjepan Ivanović

Founder of ChartScout · Crypto Trader Since 2013

Trading crypto since 2013 with his first Bitcoin bought at ~$200. Four complete bull/bear market cycles, traded on early exchanges like Mt.Gox and BTC-e, on-chain trading on IDEX and EtherDelta, and ~70 crypto project investments. Built ChartScout after 20+ months of development to automate what no trader can do manually. Watch hundreds of charts 24/7.

12+ Years Trading
4 Market Cycles
~70 Investments
ChartScout Founder

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