USD/CHF in Month-Long Ascending Channel

USD/CHF has entered a discernible ascending channel in late October this year. The pattern is most visible on 4-hour timeframe. It continues the major rally in the currency pair persistent since October 15. The channel has multiple border confirmations from the price and presents an opportunity to sell the USD vs. the franc if the lower border gives in.
The image shows the channel with its borders as yellow lines. The cyan line is the potential breakout entry point located at 10% of the channel’s height below the lower border. The green line is the take-profit area at 100% of the channel’s height below the border. I will set my stop-loss to the high of the breakout bar or the high of the previous bar if the breakout bar is mostly outside the channel. I will ignore upward breakouts from this channel. You can click on the image to see a full-size chart:

I detected this channel using the Channel Pattern Detector indicator and built this chart using the Channel Pattern Detector indicator. You can download my MetaTrader 4 chart template for this USD/CHF pattern. You can trade it using my free Chart Pattern Helper EA.
Update 2015-12-02 20:10 GMT: An abnormally long bearish candle has pierced the entry line at 17:46 GMT today. My sell opened at 1.02280 with stop-loss at 1.03093 and take-profit at 1.00897. I like the strength of the breakout here. Let’s hope it won’t repeat the fate of USD/JPY ascending channel.

Update 2015-12-03 15:20 GMT: An even more abnormally long bearish candle has pierced the take-profit line just some two hours ago. The TP was at 1.01020 at that time but the trade closed with a positive slippage (!) at 1.00972:


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