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Bear Flag in crypto

A sharp decline, then a shallow drift higher in a tight channel, then a resumption lower.

Schematic. The orange lines are the structure we require; the dashed line is the trigger a close must clear.
not yetpublished live calls resolved
48%on 634 backtested (as of 6 Sep 2026)

How FlowAlpha detects it

A measurable down-leg, a shallow counter-trend channel that slopes against it, and a close back below the channel to trigger.

The same caveat as the bull flag applies: the large sample here is backtested, not published live.

How often it actually works

These are our own measurements, not textbook claims. A call counts as a win if price closed 5% in favour before it wicked 5% against, measured from the confirming close over the following 30 days. Everything that resolved is counted, including the failures.

PopulationResolvedHit rateWhat it means
Backtested and resolved63448%Same detector replayed over history. Not the published record.

Live and backtested are different populations and should not be averaged. The live figure is the one that came from calls published in public before the move. See every live and past call on the Chart Patterns board.

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