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Descending Channel Pattern

A steady downtrend held between two parallel falling lines.

Bearish Continuation pattern 32 stocks showing it now Scanned 2026-10-16
📊 Stocks forming a descending channel right now
Timeframe All Daily Weekly · State All Forming Broken out ↑ Broken down ↓

Showing 32 of 32. Trigger is the price a daily close must clear for the pattern to complete; Target is the measured move it projects, marked ≈ while the break has not happened yet.

Stock TF State CMP Trigger Away Target Touches
TORNTPHARMTorrent Pharmaceuticals LimitedDaily Bearish ₹4,558.90 ₹4,539.92 0.4% ≈₹4,145.57 (-9%) 8
J&KBANKThe Jammu & Kashmir Bank LimitedDaily Bearish ₹134.33 ₹132.92 1.0% ≈₹120.93 (-10%) 8
SANOFISanofi India LimitedDaily Bearish ₹2,942.10 ₹2,880.26 2.1% ≈₹2,643.01 (-10%) 5
LTLarsen & Toubro LimitedDaily Bearish ₹3,627.10 ₹3,547.87 2.2% ≈₹3,048.81 (-16%) 5
BLUEDARTBlue Dart Express LimitedDaily Bearish ₹4,390.90 ₹4,275.85 2.6% ≈₹3,951.96 (-10%) 7
CANBKCanara BankDaily Bearish ₹118.29 ₹115.13 2.7% ≈₹103.40 (-13%) 5
CIPLACipla LimitedDaily Bearish ₹1,325.10 ₹1,284.75 3.0% ≈₹1,143.27 (-14%) 6
MUTHOOTFINMuthoot Finance LimitedDaily Bearish ₹2,598.30 ₹2,500.67 3.8% ≈₹2,288.67 (-12%) 5
BAJAJHFLBajaj Housing Finance LimitedDaily Bearish ₹83.36 ₹80.11 3.9% ≈₹74.25 (-11%) 7
ABCAPITALAditya Birla Capital LimitedDaily Bearish ₹379.40 ₹362.80 4.4% ≈₹326.53 (-14%) 8
TRIDENTTrident LimitedDaily Bearish ₹22.27 ₹21.24 4.6% ≈₹19.46 (-13%) 8
PSBPunjab & Sind BankDaily Bearish ₹21.29 ₹20.28 4.8% ≈₹18.34 (-14%) 8
RCFRashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers LimitedDaily Bearish ₹104.78 ₹99.20 5.3% ≈₹90.61 (-14%) 7
ATGLAdani Total Gas LimitedDaily Bearish ₹579.35 ₹546.72 5.6% ≈₹452.97 (-22%) 6
INDUSINDBKIndusInd Bank LimitedDaily Bearish ₹877.00 ₹827.60 5.6% ≈₹744.49 (-15%) 4
JTEKTINDIAJtekt India LimitedDaily Bearish ₹116.30 ₹109.57 5.8% ≈₹100.56 (-14%) 8
GANESHHOUGANESH HOUSING LIMITEDDaily Bearish ₹689.80 ₹649.05 5.9% ≈₹578.06 (-16%) 8
HINDALCOHindalco Industries LimitedDaily Bearish ₹908.00 ₹852.82 6.1% ≈₹760.11 (-16%) 6
MGLMahanagar Gas LimitedDaily Bearish ₹1,054.00 ₹989.72 6.1% ≈₹897.42 (-15%) 7
ESABINDIAEsab India LimitedDaily Bearish ₹5,453.00 ₹5,114.15 6.2% ≈₹4,642.79 (-15%) 8
TATACAPTata Capital LimitedDaily Bearish ₹322.80 ₹302.10 6.4% ≈₹258.88 (-20%) 8
ASHOKLEYAshok Leyland LimitedDaily Bearish ₹148.91 ₹139.04 6.6% ≈₹126.03 (-15%) 8
GODREJCPGodrej Consumer Products LimitedDaily Bearish ₹855.00 ₹798.13 6.7% ≈₹731.33 (-14%) 4
JSWENERGYJSW Energy LimitedDaily Bearish ₹482.60 ₹449.95 6.8% ≈₹406.24 (-16%) 8
GODFRYPHLPGodfrey Phillips India LimitedDaily Bearish ₹1,852.00 ₹1,723.09 7.0% ≈₹1,541.45 (-17%) 7
TRAVELFOODTravel Food Services LimitedDaily Bearish ₹1,201.30 ₹1,115.61 7.1% ≈₹1,015.95 (-15%) 6
BALKRISINDBalkrishna Industries LimitedDaily Bearish ₹2,052.80 ₹1,903.67 7.3% ≈₹1,665.17 (-19%) 8
BASFBASF India LimitedDaily Bearish ₹3,385.90 ₹3,136.96 7.4% ≈₹2,845.37 (-16%) 8
RELIANCEReliance Industries LimitedDaily Bearish ₹1,211.20 ₹1,119.13 7.6% ≈₹1,016.68 (-16%) 6
BOSCHLTDBosch LimitedDaily Bearish ₹45,560.00 ₹41,998.57 7.8% ≈₹37,532.45 (-18%) 7
RVNLRail Vikas Nigam LimitedDaily Bearish ₹199.45 ₹182.73 8.4% ≈₹162.04 (-19%) 8
PIDILITINDPidilite Industries LimitedDaily Bearish ₹1,502.80 ₹1,372.73 8.7% ≈₹1,238.99 (-18%) 6
📖 What a descending channel is

Highs and lows fall at roughly the same rate, keeping the two boundaries parallel.

Why it forms

Orderly distribution. Rallies are sold at the upper rail and buyers show up at the lower one, both at steadily lower prices.

🎯 Trigger

A close above the upper rail is the first real sign the downtrend is ending. A close below the lower rail is capitulation.

📏 Target

While the channel holds, the opposite rail. On an upside break, project the channel width up from the break.

🛑 Invalidation

A sustained close above the upper rail.
🖼 Example on a live chart

TORNTPHARM — Daily

Forming
TORNTPHARM descending channel pattern on daily candles, with the pattern boundaries and breakout level drawn
The shaded band is the formation. On tops and bottoms the indigo line traces the shape itself — up into the left shoulder, over the head, and away from the right — and the dashed line is the neckline it has to break; on triangles, wedges and channels the two solid boundaries are the pattern. Triangle markers are the swing highs and lows those lines were fitted through, and the dash-dot line is the measured-move target once the pattern has broken.
❓ Descending Channel FAQ
Should you buy a stock in a descending channel?
Buying inside a descending channel is buying a downtrend. The lower rail can be traded for a bounce, but the pattern itself is bearish until price closes above the upper rail.
How is a descending channel different from a falling wedge?
The channel's boundaries are parallel, so the decline is steady. The wedge's converge, meaning the decline is slowing. The wedge is a bullish setup; the channel is not.
When does a descending channel end?
Usually with a close above the upper rail, often followed by a retest of that rail from above. That retest holding is the cleaner entry.
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Educational only. Prepared with AI assistance and reviewed by our editors; still check prices and levels yourself. Not investment advice.

How these are found: swing highs and lows are picked out with a percentage ZigZag on daily and weekly candles, and the boundaries are line-fitted through those swings. A formation is only published when the fit is tight, the boundaries are actually touched several times, and the price action stays inside them. The most recent swing is provisional, so a forming pattern can still change shape on the next candle, and patterns whose break already played out are dropped rather than shown as fresh. Levels and targets are the textbook measured moves, not forecasts. This is auto-generated market data, not investment advice.

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