As you can see in the chart KZL (link above) is underpeforming in comparison with XJO and I agree with your comment on that point major.
Triple bottom patterns are found at the end of downtrends where price makes three attempts at a new low. You're right to point out this occured over a short-time frame. What is written in the text-books (being over a long-time frame) isn't alway right.
Here is an example from KZL charts to prove this: Take KZL in June 2009 - July 2009 when the price shot from 65s to 1.18 - I've highlighted the 3 low points, the high point and dates. This concludes that the same pattern does work in a short-time frame: