Bearish Cont.◐ Heuristic
◆ The PatternSharp decline + upward-sloping channel = continuation down
The Bear Flag is the bearish mirror: a sharp decline (pole) followed by a gentle upward-sloping consolidation (flag). Breakdown below the lower trendline continues the downtrend.
Target = Breakdown point − Pole length
Bear flags in strong downtrends can resolve very quickly — the consolidation may be brief.
// Bear Flag — pole and flag anatomy
Key insight: Bear flags tend to resolve faster than bull flags — fear is a stronger emotion than greed, so selling accelerates more quickly.
Pattern bridge: The mirror of a bull flag. In ML, gradient clipping creates brief pauses in the descent before loss resumes falling.