{"id":1912,"date":"2019-11-15T10:10:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T07:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:57:37","slug":"false-breakouts-on-financial-markets-how-to-detect-and-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2019\/11\/15\/false-breakouts-on-financial-markets-how-to-detect-and-use\/","title":{"rendered":"False Breakouts on Financial Markets: How to Detect and Use?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Hi everyone, today I'm going to talk about false breakouts. In certain cases, it might be unclear to the trader whether there has happened a breakout of the resistance level and, hence, the bullish trend will continue. Such a breakout might be false so that the price will reverse quite soon and go in the opposite direction. In certain cases, such formations may provoke a full-scale reversal of the trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a rule, such things happen at the moment of testing the <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2020\/02\/21\/how-to-trade-support-and-resistance-levels\/\">support\/resistance levels<\/a>. This situation is similar to a reversal. However, it might be a test of a normal trendline, as well as the completion of such <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2019\/08\/05\/trading-the-most-popular-patterns\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"60\" title=\"Patterns\">patterns<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2019\/08\/20\/basics-of-technical-analysis\/\">tech analysis<\/a> as the <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2019\/08\/29\/triangle-and-wedge-patterns-in-technical-analysis\/\">Triangle <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2019\/09\/16\/head-and-shoulders-pattern\/\">Head and Shoulders<\/a>, when the price escapes the pattern and the falseness of such a breakout becomes questionable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This type of breakouts pertains to chart analysis. If we are evaluating the chart without <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2019\/11\/19\/top-10-forex-indicators-that-every-trader-needs\/\">indicators<\/a>, our evaluation will always be subjective to some extent. It is should be kept in mind that this is an integral part of chart analysis.<a name=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"0-what-is-a-false-breakout\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_false_breakout\"><\/span>What is a false breakout?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In most cases, a false breakout is the \"tail\" of a Japanese candlestick, which means that the price tried to break the support level away but the sellers were not strong enough to secure themselves under this level. Then the price bounces and moves upwards. This might signify the strength of the buyers and forecast further growth.<a name=\"2\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-types-of-false-breakouts\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Types_of_false_breakouts\"><\/span>Types of false breakouts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry Williams was one of the first experts to describe false breakouts. He singled out such a type as Specialists Trap. If the market is bullish, the pattern is formed at the breakout of the resistance level closing much higher than the resistance area. The minimum of the candlestick preceding the one with the breakout acts as a sort of a critical level here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1-usdcad-false-breakdown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1-usdcad-false-breakdown.png\" alt=\"Types of false breakouts\" class=\"wp-image-1915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1-usdcad-false-breakdown.png 817w, https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1-usdcad-false-breakdown-360x181.png 360w, https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1-usdcad-false-breakdown-768x386.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the case of falling and breaking this level away, we should expect a market reversal and overall falling. Larry Williams thinks that here we can see the false breakout form when traders enter the market emotionally.<a name=\"3\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-bullish-trap\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bullish_trap\"><\/span>Bullish trap<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This pattern is formed in an uptrend. After a bounce off the resistance level, the prices consolidate in a flat as if the market were gathering its strength. The movement may be extended: if we are on daily timeframes, it might take 3 to 5 days. Then this level is broken away; it seems that the <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2022\/06\/16\/bull-market-characteristic-and-trading-principles\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"302\" title=\"Bull Market\">bulls<\/a> have managed to move the market even higher, and the movement is on the verge of continuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the price pulls back under the resistance level. And if it breaks through the minimum of the day when the resistance level of those 3 days was broken through, we will witness a false breakout or a Bullish Trap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-nzdusd-bullish-false-breakdown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-nzdusd-bullish-false-breakdown.png\" alt=\"Bullish trap\" class=\"wp-image-1916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-nzdusd-bullish-false-breakdown.png 817w, https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-nzdusd-bullish-false-breakdown-360x181.png 360w, https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-nzdusd-bullish-false-breakdown-768x386.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This situation means a market reversal and the beginning of a decline. However, the author does not name any goals to which the market will be declining. In chart analysis, such structures remind very much of a <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2020\/08\/04\/double-triple-top-double-triple-bottom-patterns\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"148\" title=\"double bottom pattern forex\">Double Top<\/a>.<a name=\"4\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-bearish-trap\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bearish_Trap\"><\/span>Bearish Trap<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The situation is mirror-like. The trap is formed in a downtrend. Here, the prices also consolidate during 3-5 days after a bounce off the support level. Then the <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2022\/06\/23\/bear-market-characteristics-and-tradings-principles\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"301\" title=\"Bear Market\">bears<\/a> make another attempt to break through the local minimum to develop the downtrend. The closing prices of the day may break well through the support level so that it will seem that the market is ready to decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-gbpusd-bearish-false-breakdown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-gbpusd-bearish-false-breakdown.png\" alt=\"Bearish Trap\" class=\"wp-image-1917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-gbpusd-bearish-false-breakdown.png 817w, https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-gbpusd-bearish-false-breakdown-360x181.png 360w, https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-gbpusd-bearish-false-breakdown-768x386.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, a couple of days (normally three) later, the prices return above the support level. This might signal a potential reversal and the weakness of the bears that have got into a trap with their selling. This situation is similar to the Double Bottom reversal pattern.<a name=\"5\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-false-breakout-of-a-flat\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"False_breakout_of_a_flat\"><\/span>False breakout of a flat<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It is formed at the moment when the price is squeezed inside a flat. There are clear <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2020\/02\/21\/how-to-trade-support-and-resistance-levels\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"112\" title=\"Support and Resistance\">support and resistance<\/a> levels. At the moment when the price escapes the flat, it closes well below the support level or above the resistance level. However, next, it returns into the channel and moves in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4-eurusd-flat-false-breakdown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4-eurusd-flat-false-breakdown.png\" alt=\"False breakout of a flat\" class=\"wp-image-1918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4-eurusd-flat-false-breakdown.png 817w, https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4-eurusd-flat-false-breakdown-360x181.png 360w, https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4-eurusd-flat-false-breakdown-768x386.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, there is a small trick. In most cases, a true breakout of such a channel is preceded by a <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2020\/06\/30\/diamond-trading-reversal-pattern\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"143\" title=\"diamond bottom pattern trading\">Diamond pattern<\/a> on smaller timeframes, indicating the high probability of a breakout and a full-scale escape from the flat. If there is no Diamond a false breakout might happen, and the quotations might return to the range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5-eurusd-diamond.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5-eurusd-diamond.png\" alt=\"False breakout of a flat - Diamond pattern\" class=\"wp-image-1919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5-eurusd-diamond.png 817w, https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5-eurusd-diamond-360x181.png 360w, https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5-eurusd-diamond-768x386.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"5-how-to-detect-a-false-breakout-\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_detect_a_false_breakout\"><\/span>How to detect a false breakout?<a name=\"6\"><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tech analysts give different hints on false breakouts of levels or <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2020\/02\/25\/how-to-trade-trendlines\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"113\" title=\"Trendlines\">trendlines<\/a>. For example, a true breakout requires closing above the resistance level. If the close prices return under the level the breakout may be false, so no growth us to be expected here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, there is a rule of 3% applicable to important levels and lines. It says that the prices must rise above the level by more than 3%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine we are watching good growth of the <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com\/beginners\/info\/charts\/metals\/xauusd\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"43\" title=\"XAU\/USD\">gold<\/a> prices. The important support area is at the level of 1455. If this level is broken away we might speak about a potential reversal to a downtrend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we apply the rule of 3% here the price must fall below 1411 for the breakout to be true. A decline to 1450 and a return indicates a false breakout, after which the growth is likely to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/6-xauusd-breakdown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/6-xauusd-breakdown.png\" alt=\"How to detect a false breakout\" class=\"wp-image-1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/6-xauusd-breakdown.png 817w, https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/6-xauusd-breakdown-360x181.png 360w, https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/6-xauusd-breakdown-768x386.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, this rule is just an instrument that helps distinguish between true and false breakouts. Other traders add time filters or follow-up tests of the broken levels to avoid false breakouts.<a name=\"7\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"6-how-to-use-false-breakouts\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_use_false_breakouts\"><\/span>How to use false breakouts?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry Williams points at the fact that it is impossible to know beforehand whether the level will be broken out or not. What is more, he insists on using our own methods of analysis to use false breakouts effectively. As we may see, when the market is growing and a reversal <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2019\/08\/05\/trading-the-most-popular-patterns\/\">Double Top<\/a> may form, it is likely that the breakout of the resistance level will be followed by a further decline of the price. So, if it looks like the pattern will form, no growth should be expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conversely, if the market is falling and its structure reminds of a <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2019\/08\/05\/trading-the-most-popular-patterns\/\">Double Bottom<\/a>, one should not hurry to sell after a breakout. If the prices have managed to return inside the pattern soon after the breakout, a market reversal is likely to happen, so that the pattern will be executed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Very often traders use the <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2019\/07\/05\/what-is-the-macd\/\">MACD indicator<\/a> that shows <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2019\/07\/05\/what-is-the-macd\/\">divergences <\/a>on the chart well. If at the moment of a breakout of an important level there forms a <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2022\/03\/04\/divergence-and-convergence-in-trading-how-to-use-signals\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"308\" title=\"Divergence, Convergence\">convergence<\/a> or a divergence on the chart, the breakout is likely to be false and the market should be entered in the opposite direction.<a name=\"8\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"7-closing-thoughts\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Closing_thoughts\"><\/span>Closing thoughts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For an experienced chart trader who uses <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2020\/06\/05\/reversal-patterns-how-to-detect-a-trend-direction-change\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"139\" title=\"Reversal patterns\">reversal patterns<\/a> and trendlines in their work, an understanding of false breakouts may become an additional confirmation of their ideas. For example, if the market is not moving in the direction of the breakout, it means we should expect a reversal; and if the prices have broken out the ascending trendline and went back quickly, then the uptrend is still strong and further growth should be expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, such trading may be difficult for beginners due to the lack of experience. It is much easier to start with the <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2019\/08\/27\/what-is-a-moving-average\/\">Moving Averages<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/roboforex.com/blog\/blog\/2019\/07\/03\/how-to-use-ichimoku-kinko-hyo\/\">Ichimoku<\/a>. 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