CMT LEVEL I CURRICULUM Self-Evaluation

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CMT LEVEL I CURRICULUM Self-Evaluation

DEAR CFA CHARTERHOLDER, As a CFA charterholder, the requirement that you sit for the CMT Level I exam is waived. However, the content in the CMT Level I Curriculum is a critical foundation for progress in the CMT Program and for the application of technical analysis. This document is designed to help CFA charterholders assess their knowledge of introductory technical analysis. It contains sample questions based on the CMT Level I Curriculum. This sample includes only questions directly on technical analysis under the assumption that you already have an understanding of markets, the Federal Reserve, macroeconomics, etc. If the content covered in these sample questions is unfamiliar, you may want to read the CMT Level I Curriculum despite the exam waiver. However, if you are reasonably comfortable with what is covered here, then you might begin your study directly with the CMT Level II Curriculum. Two other documents are provided on our website to help you make that assessment. Those documents contain the Table of Contents and the Learning Objective Statements drawn from the CMT Level I Curriculum. Please note that all three levels of the CMT exams contain questions on ethics though none are included in this sample. The CMT Association has adopted the CFA Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct which is already an integral part of your professional practice. We are pleased that you are considering adding the CMT charter to your credentials. _ CMT ASSOCIATION 25 BROADWAY, SUITE 10-036 NEW YORK, NY 10004 2

1. TRIN index is calculated by... a. dividing total specialist short sales by total short sales. b. subtracting the 26-day simple moving average from the 12-day simple moving average. c. subtracting the advance/decline ratio by the ratio of advancing volume to declining volume. d. dividing the advance/decline ratio by the ratio of advancing volume to declining volume. 2. If the New High-New Low Index declines while the broad market stays flat or rallies, it is time to... a. initiate fresh longs. b. initiate fresh shorts. c. take profits on short positions. d. take profits on long positions. 3. The Advance/Decline line is calculated by... a. subtracting the number of declining stocks from advancing stocks and ignoring unchanged stocks. b. subtracting the number of advancing stocks from declining stocks and ignoring unchanged stocks. c. subtracting the number of advancing stocks and unchanged stocks from declining stocks. d. subtracting the number of advancing stocks from declining stocks and adding back the unchanged stocks. 4. If the stock market reaches a new peak while the A/D line does not, it indicates that... a. the market may continue to move higher. b. many stocks are participating and the rally may continue. c. many stocks are participating and the rally may be near its end. d. fewer stocks are participating and the rally may be near its end. 5. When analyzing candlestick price charts, the appearance of a long body in the same direction as the existing trend indicates... a. a potential reversal. b. rising momentum. c. continuation. d. consolidation. 3

6. Identify the candlestick pattern in which the opening and closing prices are very close or the same. a. Doji b. Spinning top c. Piercing line d. Dark cloud cover 7. When an indicator or oscillator fails to confirm the trend, it is called a... a. gap. b. breakout. c. divergence. d. breadth thrust. 8. A candlestick that has a long upper shadow emerging after an extended uptrend suggests that... a. sellers have lost momentum. b. buyers have lost momentum. c. both buyers and sellers have lost momentum. d. lack of decisive control by either buyers or sellers. 9. Momentum measure... a. the rate of change in price. b. the change in price. c. investor psychology. d. investor sentiment. 10. Average True Range (ATR) is an indicator that measures... a. volume. b. breadth. c. volatility. d. momentum. 11. A breakaway gap usually... a. provides a major divergence signal. b. signals the beginning of a new trend. c. occurs at the end of an important price move. d. occurs during the accumulation phase of the market cycle. 4

12. Common gaps usually appear in a... a. trading range. b. bullish market. c. bearish market. d. trending market. 13. During a consolidation phase, price action normally... a. attempts a breakout within three weeks. b. attempts a breakout within three months. c. moves within well-defined neutral boundaries on low volume. d. moves within well-defined neutral boundaries on high volume. 14. An exponential moving average... a. gives more weight to the most recent observation. b. gives less weight to the most recent observation. c. gives equal weight to all observations. d. does not suffer from any lag. 15. Which of the following measures makes use of price and volume in its calculation? a. Plurality Index b. Arms Index c. Relative Strength Index (RSI) d. Money Flow Index (MFI) 16. Which of the following types of moving averages drops off an old data point when a new one is added? a. Simple moving average b. Weighted moving average c. Triangular moving average d. Exponential moving average 5

17. MACD line is calculated by... a. subtracting the 26-day simple moving average from the 12-day simple moving average. b. subtracting the 12-day simple moving average from the 26-day simple moving average. c. subtracting the 26-day exponential moving average from the 12-day exponential moving average. d. subtracting the 12-day exponential moving average from the 26-day exponential moving average. 18. The basis of OBV is the belief that... a. price precedes volume. b. volume precedes price. c. volume matters most during breakouts. d. volume and price are typically coincident indicators. 19. At least touches of each trend line are required for a valid rectangle. a. one b. two c. three d. four 20. In a dark cloud cover candlestick pattern, which candle has the higher high? a. The first candle b. The second candle c. The third candle d. It could be any 21. When analyzing long term price movements, it could be helpful to use chart. a. a logarithmic b. a candlestick c. an EquiVolume d. a point and figure 22. An uptrend line has... a. a positive slope and is formed by connecting two or more low points. b. a positive slope and is formed by connecting two or more high points. c. a negative slope and is formed by connecting two or more high points. d. a negative slope and is formed by connecting two or more low points. 6

23. A complete Elliott wave cycle is made up of waves. a. three b. five c. eight d. thirteen 24. In Elliott wave theory, sub-waves 2 and 4 are called... a. zigzags. b. motive waves. c. impulse waves. d. corrective waves. 25. is a sideways, three-wave corrective pattern. a. Flat b. Zigzag c. Triangle d. Ending diagonal 26. Open interest in a futures contract represents... a. the number of contracts traded in a day. b. the sum of total volume and open interest. c. the number of outstanding contracts on any given day. d. the number of outstanding contracts on the first day of the month. 27. Force Index is calculated by... a. subtracting the previous day s close from the current day s close and multiplying by volume. b. subtracting the current day s close from the previous day s close and multiplying by volume. c. subtracting the previous day s close from the current day s close and multiplying by the 10-day average volume. d. subtracting the previous day s close from the current day s close and multiplying by the 10-day average volume. 7

28. In constructing a point & figure chart, a new box is added only when... a. price has moved to a new high. b. volume confirms the price movement. c. price has moved by less than the specified box size. d. price has moved by equal to or more than the specified box size. 29. Violated support levels typically... a. lose importance after three weeks. b. indicate an imminent price reversal. c. lose importance after three months. d. become resistance. 30. A rising relative strength line for a stock in a falling market indicates that... a. price and volume are diverging. b. the stock is performing worse than the market. c. the stock is performing better than the market. d. it may be moving into an overbought state. 31. Which of the following lists arranges cycles from shortest to longest in duration? a. presidential, seasonal, Kondratieff b. Kondratieff, presidential, seasonal c. seasonal, presidential, Kondratieff d. presidential, Kondratieff, seasonal 32. A narrowing of Bollinger Bands normally indicates that... a. a stock is ready for a rally. b. a stock is ready for a decline. c. a stock s volatility has increased. d. a stock s volatility has decreased. 33. A company whose stock is in a well-established uptrend, reports earnings slightly above consensus estimates. After an initial rally, the stock then ends lower on the day. This would probably be an example of... a. market discounting. b. investor under-reaction. c. unrealistic expectations. d. a short-coming of fundamental analysis. 8

34. According to the work of Charles Dow and his successors, now referred to as Dow Theory, which of the following is not a hypothesis for the nature of markets and technical analysis? a. The primary trend is inviolate. b. The averages discount everything. c. Dow Theory is not infallible. d. Prices move at random. 35. Sentiment data may include... a. moving averages. b. momentum oscillators. c. point and figure reversals. d. results of investor polls and surveys. 36. In a 5-day simple moving average, each day s price is assigned a weighting of... a. 5% b. 10% c. 20% d. 25% 37. Volume divergences occur when... a. volume expands while open interest contracts. b. volume declines during a sideways congestion pattern. c. volume expands while the daily trading range contracts. d. a new high in an uptrend takes place on declining volume. 38. The primary use of a candlestick pattern is to... a. determine if you are in a bull market or a bear market. b. define the primary, intermediate, and short-term trends. c. strengthen the possibility of a reversal of a price trend. d. define the intermediate and short-term trends, but not the primary trend. 39. Which is an example of candle pattern filtering? a. Using cycles to confirm the existence of a pattern. b. Using western techniques to confirm a candle pattern. c. Accepting only those patterns that fit the strict definition of their pattern. d. Accepting only those patterns that are confirmed by the intermediateterm trend. 9

40. A point & figure chart... a. ignores time. b. is limited by a four-year time horizon. c. cannot be used to project price targets. d. gives a clear picture of volume distribution. 41. Trend lines... a. are not useful for short-term trading. b. offer late confirmation of a change in trend. c. are more significant the longer they stay in force. d. can only be determined by least square regression method. 42. Which of the following is a continuation pattern? a. flag b. diagonal c. rising wedge d. broadening formation 43. Seasonality is a cycle that occurs... a. yearly. b. weekly. c. monthly. d. quarterly. 44. The VIX index measures... a. the implied volatility of the S&P 100 index options. b. the historical volatility of the S&P 500 index options. c. the historical volatility of the S&P 100 index options. d. the implied volatility of the S&P 500 index options. 45. If the VIX is quoted at 20, it indicates the market is expecting a movement of about percent over the next 30 days. a. 3.77 b. 5.77 c. 3.33 d. 5.07 10

46. In a double bottom pattern, volume is generally... a. rising throughout the pattern. b. declining throughout the pattern. c. lower on the left bottom than the right. d. higher on the left bottom than the right. 47. Which moving average(s) assign GREATER weight to the most recent data? a. simple b. weighted c. exponential d. both b and c 48. A moving average... a. follows the trend. b. lags market action. c. is a smoothing device. d. is all of the above. 49. Bullish support lines on a 3-box reversal Point & Figure chart are drawn at a degree angle. a. 45 b. 60 c. 75 d. 90 50. An effective way of detrending price data to identify cycles is to... a. use an oscillator and identify extreme levels. b. use a moving average of the highs/lows over n periods. c. divide the closing prices by a moving average of those prices. d. plot a linear regression (best-fit) line through the data midpoint. 51. The stochastics indicator measures... a. where today s typical price fits into the recent trading range. b. the distance in percentage between the first and last values over n-days. c. the relative position of the closing price within a past high-low range. d. the relative strength of the current price movement as it increases from 0 to 100. 11

52. Slippage is normally attributed to... a. the bid-ask spread. b. default risk. c. market risk. d. credit risk. 53. Objective technical analysis methods... a. normally witness less drawdown. b. normally witness high drawdown. c. require a disciplined approach for success. d. are well-defined procedures that issue unambiguous signals. 54. When a great majority of investors have the same view of the market... a. market sentiment is positive. b. it is safe to assume that the market may trend to further highs. c. it is a warning to expect a reversal contrary to the majority opinion. d. it is safe to assume that a reversal of trend is a low-probability outcome. 55. In rectangle, triangle, flag and pennant patterns, volume generally... a. increases as the pattern develops. b. decreases as the pattern develops. c. spikes midway through the pattern. d. cannot be measured. 56. Monetary indicators are considered indicators. a. internal b. external c. sentiment d. momentum 57. A flag is generally formed by a in a bull market or a in a bear market. a. rally, pullback b. rally, correction c. correction, rally d. correction, throwback 12

58. As per the theory of contrary opinion, a high degree of consensus normally precedes a... a. trend reversal. b. trend continuation. c. short-term consolidation. d. pause within an existing trend. 59. The white or black portion of a candlestick is also referred to as the... a. doji. b. shadow. c. real body. d. spinning top. 60. In relation to the principles of technical analysis, the phrase patterns are fractal refers to the assumption that... a. patterns tend to break existing trends. b. Mandelbrot originated the concept of chart patterns. c. pattern analysis is universal and independent of time. d. chart patterns found in an intraday chart can generate signals in a daily chart. 61. The distribution of open interest among various categories of market participants in the futures markets is reported in... a. the Short Interest report. b. Market Vane. c. the Commitments of Traders report. d. insider purchases and sales. 62. Identify the point & figure pattern highlighted below. a. quadruple top buy b. upside breakout of a descending triangle c. upside breakout of a symmetrical triangle d. upside breakout of an ascending triangle 13

63. Identify the Elliott Wave pattern highlighted below. a. flat in a bull market b. flat in a bear market c. zigzag in a bull market d. zigzag in a bear market 64. The chart formation highlighted below is... a. an island bottom. b. an ascending triangle. c. a descending triangle. d. a symmetrical triangle. 65. The chart formation highlighted below is... a. a triple bottom. b. a double bottom. c. an island bottom. d. a three Buddha pattern. 14

66. Identify the candlestick pattern highlighted in the chart. a. hammer b. evening star c. hanging man d. inverted hammer 67. The chart formation highlighted below is a... a. hammer. b. morning star. c. hanging man. d. bullish engulfing. 15

68. Identify the type of gap highlighted in the chart. a. common gap b. runaway gap c. breakaway gap d. exhaustion gap 69. The chart formation highlighted below is... a. a triple bottom. b. an island bottom. c. a head and shoulders top. d. a head and shoulders bottom. 16

70. Identify the type of gap highlighted (black arrow) in the chart. a. common gap b. runaway gap c. exhaustion gap d. breakaway gap 71. After testing and refining a trading system, further validation should be done using data known as... a. in-sample. b. out-of-sample. c. daily. d. weekly. 72. The chart formation highlighted below is a... a. flag. b. pennant. c. triangle. d. rising wedge. 17

73. Identify the point & figure pattern highlighted below. a. triple bottom b. symmetric triangle c. descending triangle d. descending triple bottom 74. Identify the chart formation below. a. triple top b. rising wedge c. rounding top d. head and shoulders top 18

SELF-EVALUATION ANSWER SHEET 1. TRIN index is calculated by... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 19 d. dividing the advance/decline ratio by the ratio of advancing volume to declining volume. 2. If the New High-New Low Index declines while the broad market stays flat or rallies, it is time to... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 19 d. take profits on long positions. 3. The Advance/Decline line is calculated by... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 19 a. subtracting the number of declining stocks from advancing stocks and ignoring unchanged stocks. 4. If the stock market reaches a new peak while the A/D line does not, it indicates that... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 19 d. fewer stocks are participating and the rally may be near its end. 5. When analyzing candlestick price charts, the appearance of a long body in the same direction as the existing trend indicates... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 8 c. continuation. 6. Identify the candlestick pattern in which the opening and closing prices are very close or the same. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 8 a. Doji 7. When an indicator or oscillator fails to confirm the trend, it is called a... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 19 c. divergence. 19

7. When an indicator or oscillator fails to confirm the trend, it is called a... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 19 c. divergence. 8. A candlestick that has a long upper shadow emerging after an extended uptrend suggests that... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 3, 8, 10 b. buyers have lost momentum. 9. Momentum measure... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 9 a. the rate of change in price. 10. Average True Range (ATR) is an indicator that measures... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 5 c. volatility. 11. A breakaway gap usually... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 8 b. signals the beginning of a new trend. 12. Common gaps usually appear in a... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 8 a. trading range. 13. During a consolidation phase, price action normally... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 4 c. moves within well-defined neutral boundaries on low volume. 14. An exponential moving average... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 6 a. gives more weight to the most recent observation. 20

15. Which of the following measures makes use of price and volume in its calculation? Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 9 d. Money Flow Index (MFI) 16. Which of the following types of moving averages drops off an old data point when a new one is added? Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 6 a. Simple moving average 17. MACD line is calculated by... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 9 c. subtracting the 26-day exponential moving average from the 12-day exponential moving average. 18. The basis of OBV is the belief that... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 9 b. volume precedes price. 19. At least touches of each trend line are required for a valid rectangle. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 7 b. two 20. In a dark cloud cover candlestick pattern, which candle has the higher high? Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 8 b. The second candle 21. When analyzing long term price movements, it could be helpful to use chart. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 3 a. a logarithmic 22. An uptrend line has... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 4 a. a positive slope and is formed by connecting two or more low points. 21

23. A complete Elliott wave cycle is made up of waves. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 12 c. eight 24. In Elliott wave theory, sub-waves 2 and 4 are called... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 12 d. corrective waves. 25. is a sideways, three-wave corrective pattern. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 12 a. Flat 26. Open interest in a futures contract represents... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 9 c. the number of outstanding contracts on any given day. 27. Force Index is calculated by... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 9 a. subtracting the previous day s close from the current day s close and multiplying by volume. 28. In constructing a point & figure chart, a new box is added only when... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 11 d. price has moved by equal to or more than the specified box size. 29. Violated support levels typically... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 4 d. become resistance. 30. A rising relative strength line for a stock in a falling market indicates that... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 35 c. the stock is performing better than the market. 31. Which of the following lists arranges cycles from shortest to longest in duration? Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 33 c. seasonal, presidential, Kondratieff 22

32. A narrowing of Bollinger Bands normally indicates that... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 6 d. a stock s volatility has decreased. 33. A company whose stock is in a well-established uptrend, reports earnings slightly above consensus estimates. After an initial rally, the stock then ends lower on the day. This would probably be an example of... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 2 a. market discounting. 34. According to the work of Charles Dow and his successors, now referred to as Dow Theory, which of the following is not a hypothesis for the nature of markets and technical analysis? Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 2 d. Prices move at random. 35. Sentiment data may include... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 32 d. results of investor polls and surveys. 36. In a 5-day simple moving average, each day s price is assigned a weighting of... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 6 c. 20% 37. Volume divergences occur when... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 19 d. a new high in an uptrend takes place on declining volume. 38. The primary use of a candlestick pattern is to... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 10 c. strengthen the possibility of a reversal of a price trend. 39. Which is an example of candle pattern filtering? Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 10 b. Using western techniques to confirm a candle pattern. 23

40. A point & figure chart... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 11 a. ignores time. 41. Trend lines... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 4 c. are more significant the longer they stay in force. 42. Which of the following is a continuation pattern? Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 7, 8 a. flag 43. Seasonality is a cycle that occurs... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 33 a. yearly. 44. The VIX index measures... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 30 d. the implied volatility of the S&P 500 index options. 45. If the VIX is quoted at 20, it indicates the market is expecting a movement of about percent over the next 30 days. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 30 b. 5.77 46. In a double bottom pattern, volume is generally... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 7 d. higher on the left bottom than the right. 47. Which moving average(s) assign GREATER weight to the most recent data? Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 6 d. both b and c 48. A moving average... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 6 d. is all of the above. 24

Bullish support lines on a 3-box reversal Point & Figure chart are drawn at a degree angle. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 4, 11 a. 45 50. An effective way of detrending price data to identify cycles is to... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 26, 33 c. divide the closing prices by a moving average of those prices. 51. The stochastics indicator measures... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 9 c. the relative position of the closing price within a past high-low range. 52. Slippage is normally attributed to... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 9 a. the bid-ask spread. 53. Objective technical analysis methods... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 26 d. are well-defined procedures that issue unambiguous signals. 54. When a great majority of investors have the same view of the market... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 31 c. it is a warning to expect a reversal contrary to the majority opinion. 55. In rectangle, triangle, flag and pennant patterns, volume generally... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 7 b. decreases as the pattern develops. 56. Monetary indicators are considered indicators. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 32 b. external 57. A flag is generally formed by a in a bull market or a in a bear market. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 7, 8 c. correction, rally 25

58. As per the theory of contrary opinion, a high degree of consensus normally precedes a... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 34 a. trend reversal. 59. The white or black portion of a candlestick is also referred to as the... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 3 c. real body. 60. In relation to the principles of technical analysis, the phrase patterns are fractal refers to the assumption that... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 1 c. pattern analysis is universal and independent of time. 61. The distribution of open interest among various categories of market participants in the futures markets is reported in... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 34 c. the Commitments of Traders report. 62. Identify the point & figure pattern highlighted below. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 11 d. upside breakout of an ascending triangle 63. Identify the point & figure pattern highlighted below. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 12 c. zigzag in a bull market 64. Identify the point & figure pattern highlighted below. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 7 b. an ascending triangle. 65. Identify the point & figure pattern highlighted below. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 7 b. a double bottom. 26

66. Identify the candlestick pattern highlighted in the chart. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 8 a. hammer 67. The chart formation highlighted below is a... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 8 d. bullish engulfing. 68. Identify the type of gap highlighted in the chart. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 8 d. exhaustion gap 69. The chart formation highlighted below is Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 7 d. a head and shoulders bottom. 70. Identify the gap highlighted (black arrow) in the chart. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 8 d. Breakaway gap 71. After testing and refining a trading system, further validation should be done using data known as... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 27 b. out-of-sample 72. The chart formation highlighted below is a... Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 7 a. flag. 73. Identify the point & figure pattern highlighted below. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 11 a. triple bottom 74. Identify the point & figure pattern highlighted below. Reference: CMT Level I Curriculum (2018), Chapter 7 d. head and shoulders top 27