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beginnerTrading Basics7 min

Trend Identification

What You'll Learn

  • Top-Down Approach: How to adopt a top-down approach to analysing markets and identifying trends across timeframes.
  • Identify Trend Structure: Determine market direction by observing the sequence of swing highs and swing lows, such as Higher Highs for uptrends.
  • Utilise Price Action Signals: Read raw price movements to confirm trend direction and spot potential entry and exit points.
  • Distinguish Retracements from Reversals: Differentiate between temporary pullbacks within a trend and fundamental changes in market direction to avoid false signals.
  • Trade from Support and Resistance: Use key support and resistance levels to time entries and manage risk within identified trends.