pattern
intermediate
Cup and Handle
William O'Neil pattern: U-shaped base (cup) plus a shallow upper pullback (handle) before breakout.
The cup and handle combines a rounded base (the cup) with a short, shallow pullback in the upper half (the handle). The breakout triggers above the handle high, ideally on volume expansion.
Swing Edge's rounding-bottom and structural scanners capture related saucer and flat-base geometry; cup depth, handle tightness, and volume patterns feed base-quality scoring.