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EDUCATION _Types of Trend. Wavelike trends.

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The basis of the technical analysis is the trend. It is a price movement in a certain direction.

Upward trend:
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Trend down:
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Between trends, the price likes to relax in the lateral movement, when the trend itself is absent:
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Wavelike trends.

Unfortunately, if the trends were straight as an arrow, your cat would be able to earn. However, trends rarely go straight. Usually, this is a combination of the highest and lowest levels, of which the trend consists. For example, an upward trend can often be broken down into such micro waves:
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In reality, the waves, of course, are not as beautiful as on the scheme, and in a smooth beautiful trend price moves rarely (although, sometimes, it happens).

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The next post will be about the duration of trends.

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