PSX · COMMERCIAL BANKS · 30 Min
NBP Ascending Triangle breakout
National Bank of Pakistan · 04 Nov 2026 · 10:00 PKT
▲ Bullish Breakout Pattern breakout Against the trend
Closed at 167.40 on the breakout. Target 177.28, invalidation 161.00.
Trade plan
● Active- Close
- 167.40
- ▲ 0.90%
- Target
- 177.28
- +5.9%
- Invalidation
- 161.00
- -3.8%
RiskReward
- Reward : risk
- 1.5 : 1
- ATR
- 1.69
- Price now
- 167.15 -0.2%
Outcome measured on the 30 min bars after the signal: target or invalidation, whichever is touched first; a bar touching both counts as invalidated.
- Target
- Invalidation
- Pattern lines
- Fair value gap (bull / bear)
- Order block
- Strong / weak high and low
- BOS · CHoCHstructure breaks
SMC Structure · Order Blocks · FVG · Pattern Detector 30 Min candles · click to enlarge
The breakdown
NBP broke above its ascending triangle on the 30-minute close at 167.40.
Projected target 177.28 (+5.9%). The pattern is invalidated beyond 161.00 (-3.8%), a reward-to-risk of about 1.5 : 1. A close back inside the pattern within 12 candles is treated as a fake-out.
Structure: bearish external, bullish internal (strong high 183.60). Nearest demand OB 152.60 - 154.70, supply OB 170.01 - 171.60.
How to read this signal
- 1 The breakout was confirmed by the 30 min candle closing above the pattern at 167.40.
- 2 The target, 177.28 (+5.9%), is the pattern's height projected from the breakout.
- 3 A move to the invalidation level, 161.00 (-3.8%), cancels the setup.
- 4 Reward : risk is 1.5 : 1: the distance to the target divided by the distance to invalidation.
- 5 Trend context: against the trend.
Pattern guide
About the ascending triangle
An ascending triangle is rising support meeting flat resistance; a close above resistance usually continues the rise, a close below support signals weakness.
- Confirmation
- A candle close outside the triangle.
- Target
- The triangle's widest height, projected from the breakout.
- Fails if
- A close back inside the triangle soon after the break.