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A detailed explanation of parallel price channels and how to use

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📚 A detailed explanation of parallel price channels and how to use them in technical analysis 📈

Parallel price channels are one of the most important technical analysis tools that help traders identify **trends, entry and exit points, and potential levels of reversal or breakout**.

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## **🟢 First: What is a parallel price channel?**
A parallel price channel is a **price range within which the price moves regularly**, and is defined by **two parallel lines** that represent **dynamic support and resistance**.

📌 Channels can be:
1️⃣ **Ascending**: When the price is in an upward trend with increasing bottoms and tops.
2️⃣ **Downward**: When the price is in a downward trend with decreasing bottoms and tops.
3️⃣ **Horizontal (Sideways)**: When the price moves sideways between fixed levels.

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## **🟢 Second: Components of the price channel**
🔹 **The upper limit of the channel (moving resistance)**: Represents a selling area where the price tends to reverse downward when touched.
🔹 **The lower limit of the channel (moving support)**: Represents a buying area where the price tends to rebound upward when touched.
🔹 **The middle line (in some channels)**: Helps identify rebound and balance points within the channel.

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## **🟢 Third: How to draw a price channel?**
### **✏️ Steps to draw a price channel manually:**
1️⃣ Determine the market direction (upward, downward, sideways).
2️⃣ Draw the main trend line by connecting **two major peaks or bottoms**.
3️⃣ Copy this line and place it **parallel** on the other side of the price to form the channel.

4️⃣ Make sure that the price moves between the two lines logically without a clear breakout.

✍ **Practical example:**
📈 If you have two rising bottoms in an upward trend, you can draw a line that passes through them and then copy it upwards at the peaks, to form an ascending channel.

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## **🟢 Fourth: How to use the price channel in trading?**

### **1️⃣ Trading inside the channel** (Strategy 1)
✅ **Buy from the lower limit of the channel** (at the moving support).
✅ **Sell at the upper limit of the channel** (at the moving resistance).
📌 This strategy is effective in stable markets without strong breakouts.

📍 **Example of trading inside the channel:**
- In the ascending channel, if the price touches the lower limit, the purchase is made with a **stop loss below the channel**.
- In the descending channel, if the price touches the upper limit, the sale is made with a **stop loss above the channel**.

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### **2️⃣ Trading when the channel is broken** (Strategy 2)
🔴 **Breaking the upper limit of the channel** → indicates **continuation of the upward trend** (buy signal).
🔴 **Breaking the lower limit of the channel** → indicates **continuation of the downward trend** (sell signal).

📍 **Example of breaking the channel:**
- If the price is inside an ascending channel, then **breaks the upper limit**, a **buy deal** can be entered after a retest.
- If the price is inside a descending channel, then **breaks the lower limit**, a **sell deal** can be entered after a retest.

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## **🟢 Fifth: Analysis of the attached image**
✅ **In the attached chart, we have an ascending channel within a downward trend**, and the channel was broken downwards, which led to **continuation of the downward trend**.
✅ Areas have been identified:
- **SL (Stop Loss)** → Stop loss above the channel to prevent risks.
- **LOGIN** → Entry point after breaking the channel.
- **TP (Take Profit)** → Take profits based on the channel size.

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## **🟢 Sixth: Professional tips for using price channels**
💡 **Combine them with other indicators** such as RSI or MACD to confirm signals.
💡 **Monitoring volume**: When the channel is broken with high trading volume, the break is stronger.
💡 **Time analysis**: Using channels on different frames gives better accuracy.
💡 **Use appropriate stop loss** to protect capital from false breakouts.

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🚀 **💡 Summary:** Price channels are a powerful tool for identifying trends and entry and exit points, and are used in trading within the channel or when a price break occurs. Their accuracy can be improved by combining them with other indicators and understanding volume and price momentum.

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