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Find symbols in a Collapsing Dragon pattern — bearish continuation signal.

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Bearish trend continuation scanning

The Collapsing Dragon is a bearish trend continuation pattern — a failed bounce inside an existing downtrend where Dragon support breaks and sellers take control. The CD Scan runs this pattern daily across every US equity. Pair with PFS for short entry timing and a risk ladder for position sizing.

Collapsing Dragon (CD)

CD signals a continuation of a down move that was briefly interrupted in an attempt to reverse it.

Sequence of events
  1. An upmove has occurred.
  2. RL10 has crossed down RL30.
  3. RL10 has crossed down Dragon indicator.
  4. Dragon slope is down.
  5. RL30 slope is down.
  6. Price crosses the belly of RL10.
Entry
At A (below RL10 belly)
Stop
Above risk box (B)
Target
Manage beyond 2:1 RR
Risk:Reward
2:1+

This example is on a 30-minute timeframe. The CD pattern is fractal — the same sequence appears on every timeframe.

Collapsing Dragon (CD)

CD signals a continuation of a down move that was briefly interrupted in an attempt to reverse it.

Sequence of events
  1. An upmove has occurred.
  2. RL10 has crossed down RL30.
  3. RL10 has crossed down Dragon indicator.
  4. Dragon slope is down.
  5. RL30 slope is down.
  6. Price crosses the belly of RL10.
Entry
At A (below RL10 belly)
Stop
Above risk box (B)
Target
Manage beyond 2:1 RR
Risk:Reward
2:1+

This example is on a 30-minute timeframe. The CD pattern is fractal — the same sequence appears on every timeframe.

Collapsing Dragon pattern annotated with entry, stop, and target

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Collapsing Dragon Scan

Collapsing Dragon Pattern Scan

This scan will find symbols that are in an CD pattern formation on the time frame selected in the time frame link.

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