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Head and shoulders

A technical Analysis term referring to a Chart formation in which a price exhibits three successive rallies, the second one being the highest. The name derives from the fact that on a Chart the first and third rallies look like shoulders and the second looks like a head. Believed by technical analysts to be a Bearish indicator.

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