Crypto chart pattern scanner
CoinBeacon scans Binance spot and futures for chart patterns (triangles, wedges, channels, flags and double tops) and shows where each one is in its lifecycle: forming, near a breakout, broken on a closed candle, holding a retest, or failed.
- Data source
- Binance spot + futures
- Pattern types
- 18 classified
- Timeframes
- 15m to 1W
- Breakouts
- Closed-candle confirmed
18 patterns, built from real trendlines
Each pattern is built from the support and resistance lines price is respecting. Checks drop patterns that do not contain price, thin slivers beside the real structure, and a quiet base under a lone spike. The card shows one live detection from the board below, with its two boundaries drawn through the touches they were fitted to.
- 18 pattern types. Triangles, rising/falling/broadening wedges, channels, rectangles, flags, pennants, and double tops and bottoms.
- Two respected boundaries. Only confirmed trendlines, tested 3 or more separate times, can form a triangle or wedge. They are the same lines the Trendlines detector draws.
- Direction follows the break. A symmetrical triangle or rectangle is labelled by the boundary price actually broke.
- Ranked by quality. A quality score ranks active structures with real amplitude higher and flat, base-and-spike false positives lower.
IOTX/USDT · Binance spot
Both boundaries as detected · fitted pivots marked · ● the latest close
18 tests across the two lines · closed-candle detection · 0 bars at the boundary
Breakout lifecycle
CoinBeacon confirms a break when price closes beyond the boundary by an ATR-scaled margin, never on an intrabar move, then tracks it through the retest and flags a break that reclaims the line.
- Forming → near. Still building inside its lines, or sitting on a boundary.
- Broken, on a closed candle. The breakout confirmed by a close, tagged up or down, with the number of bars since.
- Retest holding. The break pulled back to the flipped boundary and held.
- Failed and invalidated. A confirmed break that reclaimed the line is flagged as failed; an invalidated pattern is removed.
Pattern lifecycle
- 01FormingTwo respected lines contain price, no break yet.
- 02Near breakout / Near breakdownPrice is sitting on the top or bottom boundary.
- 03Broke out / Broke downA close beyond the boundary confirmed the break, coloured by the side it broke.
- 04Retest holdingThe break pulled back to the flipped line and held.
- 05Break failedA confirmed break that moved straight back across the line.
- 06Break reversedA real break that later closed back inside. It stays on the board for a while but is never read as a live move.
Every card carries its status, and a bar counter from the moment there is one
Five families, eighteen patterns.
Filter the scanner by family, type, and lifecycle state across 15m · 1h · 4h · 1D · 1W. Pairs well with Trendlines and Smart Setups, which score a pattern alongside volume and momentum.
Triangles
Two converging boundaries closing toward an apex.
Wedges
Both lines slope the same way; reversal or continuation depends on the prior trend.
Channels & rectangles
Parallel boundaries: a trending channel or a flat range.
Flags & pennants
A sharp flagpole, then a tight pause before continuation.
Double tops & bottoms
Twin extremes and a neckline that confirms the reversal.
Chart pattern board
The strongest pattern on each of 12 coins, out of 114 the scanner has open on Binance spot’s 4h candles, highest quality first. Each row shows the pattern name, where it sits in its lifecycle and the coin’s bias.
Pattern scanner
Detected patterns on Binance spot, on the latest closed 4h candle.
472 patterns
Every match confirmed on a closed candle · ranked by pattern quality score
The board above is live. The search box and filter chips show the in-app controls; filtering and charting happen in the app, which runs the same scanner on every venue and timeframe.
How to find chart patterns in crypto
- 01Open the scanner and pick a timeframeThe board scans Binance spot and futures on five candle intervals: 15m, 1h, 4h, 1D and 1W. Intraday structure shows on the 15m and 1h; larger triangles and channels sit on the 4h, daily and weekly.
- 02Filter to the patterns you actually tradeFilter by family (triangles, wedges, channels and rectangles, flags and pennants, double tops and bottoms), then by type or by bullish or bearish bias, or search one coin. Matches are ranked by quality score.
- 03Read the lifecycle stamp before you actEvery card says where the pattern stands: forming inside its lines, near a boundary about to resolve, broken on a closed candle, holding its retest, or failed. Bars-since sits beside it, so a break from a dozen candles ago never reads as fresh.
- 04Take the boundary to a price alertEach card carries the support and resistance the pattern is built from. Put a price alert on the level you care about and the move reaches Telegram, Discord, email or a webhook with the chart closed.
Common uses
Ascending triangle breakouts, confirmed not guessed
A flat ceiling with higher lows under it is a common structure. The scanner marks it while it is still forming and only calls the break on a close beyond the boundary. Read it next to the volume scanner: a break with volume behind it is different from one without.
Bull flag and pennant continuation after a run
A sharp flagpole followed by a tight pause is continuation structure. Filter the board to flags and pennants on your timeframe and you see them while the pause is still tight. Smart Setups takes the same pattern further, scoring it 0-100 beside volume, momentum and the higher-timeframe read, and ranking it against every other setup on the board.
Double tops and bottoms at levels that already matter
Twin extremes count for more when the neckline sits on a line the market already respects. Put the double-top and double-bottom detections next to the auto-marked key levels (pivots, Fibonacci retracements, round numbers and the prior all-time high) to see whether a reversal happened at real structure.
Wedge breakouts and the retest entry
Rising and falling wedges are only formed from confirmed lines with three or more tests, the same ones the trendlines detector draws. That's what makes the retest readable: when the break pulls back to the flipped boundary and holds, the card says so, and the level to work from is printed on it.
Chart patterns FAQ
- Which chart patterns does CoinBeacon detect?
- Eighteen pattern types across five families: triangles (symmetrical, ascending, descending), wedges (rising, falling and broadening, reversal or continuation), channels, rectangles, flags and pennants, and double tops and bottoms, scanned on Binance spot and futures.
- How do I find crypto chart patterns without drawing them myself?
- Open the pattern scanner. It scans Binance spot and futures and lists every structure it currently sees, so nothing has to be drawn by hand. Filter the board by family, pattern type, bullish or bearish bias and lifecycle state, or search a single coin. Matches are ranked by a quality score.
- How does the scanner confirm a breakout?
- A breakout only counts once price closes beyond the boundary by an ATR-scaled margin, never on an intrabar wick. Each pattern is then tagged forming, near, broken, retest or failed, so you can tell a real break from one that reclaimed the line. A break that later closes back inside is marked reversed rather than read as live, and once a boundary has really broken, the pattern never returns to forming.
- What does the retest-holding status mean on a pattern card?
- It means a confirmed break came back to the boundary it broke, found it flipped from resistance to support (or the reverse), and held. The pattern's detail view shows a measured-move target when the pattern has one. If price instead snaps straight back inside the pattern, the card is re-labelled a failed break; a longer break that later returns inside reads Break reversed.
- Which timeframes and exchanges does the chart pattern scanner cover?
- Five timeframes (15m, 1h, 4h, 1D and 1W) on Binance spot and futures pairs. Patterns are built from that candle history rather than a blend of venues, so a detection lines up with the chart you are already reading. Every timeframe is scanned on closed candles only, which is why a pattern cannot repaint mid-bar.
- Can I get an alert when a chart pattern breaks out?
- Yes. Open the coin's chart, turn on Price action, click the pattern and choose Alert me when it breaks. You get one message, by Telegram, Discord, email or webhook, when a candle closes through either edge, or only the edge you pick; a wick that pokes out and closes back inside does not count. Watching one edge, it can also tell you when price comes near it, before the break. It needs a free account. For every new breakout on a watchlist or a whole exchange instead, choose Alert me on new breakouts on the Patterns board: everything one check finds arrives in one message, on 15m to 1W (a whole exchange from 4h). It can also tell you when price comes back to the broken edge (a retest) or a breakout reverses later.
- What is the difference between a chart pattern and a candlestick pattern?
- Scale. A chart pattern is structure built over many candles, such as a triangle, a wedge, a bull flag or a double top, defined by the two boundaries price is respecting. A candlestick pattern is the shape of one to five bars, such as an engulfing candle or a hammer. CoinBeacon detects both, and they are strongest when they agree, such as a reversal candle printing on a pattern boundary.
- Is the chart pattern scanner free to use?
- Yes. The free plan includes every CoinBeacon feature (the pattern scanner, all detectors and live charts) with up to 5 active alerts and 10 notifications per day.
More ways to watch the market
All features →- 01Trendlines: Auto-drawn support & resistance lines
- 02Divergences: RSI, MACD & OBV divergence detection
- 03Candlestick patterns: Engulfing, hammers, stars and more
- 04Key levels: Pivots, Fibs, round numbers & prior ATH/ATL
- 05Volume analysis: Spikes, level crosses, possible exhaustion & dry-ups
- 06ATH & ATL: Drawdown from the high, distance to the low