PSX · INV. BANKS / INV. COS. / SECURITIES COS. · 30 Min
PSX Bullish change of character
Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited · 21 Oct 2026 · 15:00 PKT
▲ Bullish CHoCH Market structure · CHoCH
Structure levels
- Close
- 42.20
- ▲ 2.95%
- Broken level
- 42.00
- -0.5%
- CHoCH level
- 40.05
- -5.1%
- ATR
- 0.38
- Target
- Invalidation
- Pattern lines
- Fair value gap (bull / bear)
- Order block
- Strong / weak high and low
- BOS · CHoCHstructure breaks
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The breakdown
PSX closed above the external strong high at 42.00 - the external trend turns bullish.
The 30-minute close at 42.20 confirms it. The new external CHoCH level (strong low) is 40.05: a close beyond it would change the character back.
Structure: bullish external, bullish internal (strong low 40.05). Nearest demand OB 38.00 - 38.42, supply OB 45.25 - 45.74.
How to read this signal
- 1 Price closed above the swing level at 42.00, breaking the market structure.
- 2 The structure would flip back on a close beyond the CHoCH level, 40.05 (-5.1%).
- 3 Structure signals carry no fixed target: the next liquidity area is the usual objective.
Pattern guide
About the change of character (choch)
A change of character (CHoCH) is the first close against the trend's structure, breaking the swing low of an uptrend or the swing high of a downtrend: an early sign of reversal.
- Confirmation
- A candle close beyond the swing point that defined the trend.
- Target
- No fixed target: the first opposing liquidity area.
- Fails if
- A move back beyond the broken level that resumes the old trend.