Before the signal
Each boundary uses at least two confirmed extrema.
Rising and Falling Wedge Patterns
Learn how rising and falling wedges narrow, inspect their confirmed boundaries and completion, and explore available historical observations.
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What it looks like
Rising wedge
Highs and lows both rise while the range narrows. The figure completes when price closes below the lower rising boundary.
The figure completes on a close below the lower rising boundary.
Exact machine rule
Both boundaries rise while the late range narrows to no more than 70% of the early range over 12–120 candles.
Each boundary uses at least two confirmed extrema.
Optional practice
Check your recognition
Select the chart where the formation is already complete.
Try it
A dotted candle is still forming; a solid candle is closed. Only one chart contains a completed signal.
The exercise checks recognition. Historical outcomes are calculated separately and do not promise a price move.Three features of Rising wedge
Signal and boundary
Both boundaries rise while the late range narrows to no more than 70% of the early range over 12–120 candles.
Completion
The figure completes on a close below the lower rising boundary.
Similar formations and limits of one example
Unlike a triangle, both wedge boundaries slope in the same direction. The shape identifies an event to research. It does not predict the next move or provide a trading signal by itself.
One formation does not establish the probability of a move. The historical comparison measures outcomes against a comparable background for each configuration.
Exact machine rule and definition version
Both boundaries rise while the late range narrows to no more than 70% of the early range over 12–120 candles.
Required context: Each boundary uses at least two confirmed extrema.
Completion: The figure completes on a close below the lower rising boundary.
Definition version 1.0 · canonical definition.
Published research at a glance
Stored publication UTC · pattern-data-v21 · methodology research-v21-session-calendar-signed-bh-plan-v1.
Latest stored candle date in the curated family table: Nov 9, 2026 UTC.
The curated family table covers 243 core and 194 additional extended configurations. These are configuration counts; the own-result registry is separate. The study compares movement after a completed signal with a matched background at the same horizon.
Go to interactive research ↓- Rising wedge
- Highs and lows both rise while the range narrows. The figure completes when price closes below the lower rising boundary.
- Falling wedge
- Highs and lows both fall while the range narrows. The figure completes when price closes above the upper falling boundary.
Historical research
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Research methodologyInitial conditions
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Further reading
These related TLAP materials for “Rising wedge” are in Russian. Their examples do not replace the historical calculation above.