PSX · COMMERCIAL BANKS · 30 Min
BOK Ascending Triangle breakdown
The Bank of Khyber · 20 Oct 2026 · 12:00 PKT
▼ Bearish Breakout Pattern breakout With the trend
Closed at 27.11 on the breakout. Target 26.82, invalidation 27.69.
Trade plan
● Active- Close
- 27.11
- ▼ 0.15%
- Target
- 26.82
- -1.1%
- Invalidation
- 27.69
- +2.1%
RiskReward
- Reward : risk
- 0.5 : 1
- ATR
- 0.18
- Price now
- 27.15 +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
BOK broke below its ascending triangle on the 30-minute close at 27.11.
Projected target 26.82 (-1.1%). The pattern is invalidated beyond 27.69 (+2.1%), a reward-to-risk of about 0.5 : 1. A close back inside the pattern within 12 candles is treated as a fake-out.
Structure: bearish external, bearish internal (strong high 38.00). Nearest bearish FVG 27.12 - 27.25.
How to read this signal
- 1 The breakout was confirmed by the 30 min candle closing below the pattern at 27.11.
- 2 The target, 26.82 (-1.1%), is the pattern's height projected from the breakout.
- 3 A move to the invalidation level, 27.69 (+2.1%), cancels the setup.
- 4 Reward : risk is 0.5 : 1: the distance to the target divided by the distance to invalidation.
- 5 Trend context: with 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.