Understanding chart patterns | IG Academy

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Sara Walker runs through the basics of technical analysis and chart patterns; with particular focus on support and resistance levels, head and shoulders patterns and trend lines.
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Nice

[@marksibert305]

About these patterns, what is the optmial time frame do they work in? And, from what I see for the triple top, or head and shoulders, I can see them for long term more so than short term. Am I right?