Basic Materials SPDR Produces Two Island Reversals in Two Months
Recent volatility is making rare patterns not so rare. The chart below shows the Basic Materials SPDR (XLB) with its second Island Reversal in as many months. The most recent pattern formed with a gap down on Thursday, a consolidation Friday-Monday and a big gap up today. Shorts on Thursday-Friday-Monday are now trapped on the island with losses.

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