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An accumulation pattern observed on bar charts. The pattern lasts from seven to 65 weeks; the cup is in the shape of a "U" and the handle is usually more than one or two weeks in duration. The handle is a slight downward drift with low trading volume to the right-hand side of the "cup". Used to recognise buying opportunities, the cup an handle formation is a bullish continuation pattern which signals renewed buying pressure in an established trend.

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