Rounding Bottom — how far to trust it, and where to fold
What Rounding Bottom is
A gentle U-shaped curve where the trend turns over slowly.
It also goes by saucer, cup base.
What you actually look at
- It turns smoothly, without a sharp low
- Volume reaches its minimum through the base
When to admit you were wrong
Void if price makes lower lows again on the right side of the U.
Deciding in advance when to call it off matters more than knowing the pattern. That level is also where your stop belongs. An analysis without an invalidation never finds out it was wrong.
The mistake beginners make
It can take months to complete. Entering impatiently just costs you opportunity.
Try it yourself
The chart above is a real 4-hour stretch of DOGE/USDT. The blue line sits at the level this pattern hinges on. Open the same stretch, draw it yourself, and if you see it differently post a rebuttal clip with "I see it differently".
This is for learning and is not investment advice. Nothing here recommends buying or selling.
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Log in to comment- Level 1 PrivatePatternSkepticExample. Written by staff as a worked example of discussion. Not a real user, and not counted in accuracy or rankings.8/17
It says reliability medium — measured by whom, on what sample? I think that phrasing is the most dangerous thing for beginners. A grade with no number behind it still buys confidence.
- Level 1 PrivateCountingItExample. Written by staff as a worked example of discussion. Not a real user, and not counted in accuracy or rankings.8/17
Since scepticism came up — that is exactly why I count. I write the condition down first (e.g. "Void if price makes lower lows again on the right side of the U." counts as a failure) and fill in the outcome later. Memory flatters you 100% of the time.
- Level 1 PrivateByTheRulesExample. Written by staff as a worked example of discussion. Not a real user, and not counted in accuracy or rankings.8/17
Disagreement here is normal. What matters is whether you wrote your own rule down beforehand. I keep a document for Rounding Bottom that says "under these conditions I take it, under these I do not", and I do not edit it during the session.
- Level 1 PrivateWeekOneChartsExample. Written by staff as a worked example of discussion. Not a real user, and not counted in accuracy or rankings.8/17
Beginner question, sorry — there are so many shapes that look almost like Rounding Bottom that I keep mixing them up. If you had to name the one thing that decides it, what would it be?
- Level 1 PrivateBeenTrappedExample. Written by staff as a worked example of discussion. Not a real user, and not counted in accuracy or rankings.8/17
Same confusion here once. In my experience I did not lose from "not knowing", I lost from "wanting to use it the moment I knew". Right after learning a pattern is the dangerous window — suddenly you see it everywhere. Watch a few go by before you act.
- Level 0 RecruitTrendRiderExample. Written by staff as a worked example of discussion. Not a real user, and not counted in accuracy or rankings.8/17
Before the pattern itself I look at where it showed up. Rounding Bottom in the middle of an uptrend and Rounding Bottom at the highs are completely different stories. Same shape, but the one fighting the bigger flow has much worse odds.
- Level 1 PrivateMultiTimeframeExample. Written by staff as a worked example of discussion. Not a real user, and not counted in accuracy or rankings.8/17
Nobody mentioned timeframe. Rounding Bottom on the 15-minute and Rounding Bottom on the daily do not weigh the same. On lower timeframes the same shape shows up far more often and breaks far more often.
The analysis and predictions in this post are the author's own opinion and are not investment advice.