Triangle apex timing and false breaks
Symmetrical triangles tighten toward an apex; entering too early or on the first wick through a side is a common source of frustration.
Triangles compress price between converging boundaries. The closer price travels toward the apex without resolution, the less rewarding a late breakout often becomes because the measured move shrinks relative to the risk under the opposite side.
Ascending triangles usually show a flat resistance shelf and rising support; descending triangles reverse that geometry. Symmetrical triangles lean neither way until one boundary yields with conviction. Classification comes before prediction.
False breaks appear as brief penetrations that reverse back into the pattern within a session or two. In the Triangle Breakout Lab we practise waiting for a closing price beyond the boundary, then checking whether volume supported the move. A lone wick is treated as noise until proven otherwise.
Measured-move targets start from the widest height of the triangle projected from the breakout point. Write that level on the chart before the break so you are not inventing exits under pressure.