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The Spectrum of Price Action: Extreme Trends to Extreme Trading Whenever anyone looks at a chart, she will see areas where the market is moving diagonally and other areas where the market is moving sideways and not covering many points. The market can exhibit a spectrum of price behavior from an extreme trend where almost every tick is higher or lower than the last to an extreme trading range where every one- or two-tick up move is followed by a one- or two-tick down move and vice versa. Only rarely will the market exist in either of these extreme states, and when it does, it does so only briefly, but the market often trends for a protracted time with only small pullbacks and it often moves up and down in a narrow range for hours. Trends create a sense of certainty and urgency, and trading ranges leave traders feeling confused about where the market will go next. All trends contain smaller trading ranges, and all trading ranges contain smaller trends. Also, most trends are just parts of trading ranges on higher time frame (HTF) charts, and most trading ranges are parts of trends on HTF charts. Even the stock market crashes of 1987 and 2009 were just pullbacks to the monthly bull trend line. The following chapters are largely arranged along the spectrum from the strongest trends to the tightest trading ranges, and then deal with pullbacks, which are transitions from trends to trading ranges, and breakouts, which are transitions from trading ranges to trends. An important point to remember is that the market constantly exhibits inertia and tends to continue to do what is has just been doing. If it is in a trend, most attempts to reverse it will fail. If it is in a trading range, most attempts to break out into a trend will fail.
FOREXCOM:XAUUSDEducation
by RezaBayat
$MOVR Swing Long to Range Highs and $36I've entered a lot that I am currently monitoring, I think we may get one more dip into green before pushing up. Some key criteria: - Price has reclaimed the range eq(s) and needs to continue to hold on a retest over the coming 24 hours - Hold the ascending trendline and put in a higher low - Lose the range eq(s) and I'll get stopped, then it's likely down to test the 100ema I think this is gearing up for a big leg, just a matter of time imo. With this price action I will continue to long it even if I get stopped because unless anything drastically changes, this wants to run. My opinion, Vatsik
Long
by cryptovatsik
Very basic understanding of support and resistance areas (2 min)In trading, support and resistance are key concepts that help traders analyze price movements and make informed decisions. Here's a basic explanation: Support: Definition: Support is a price level at which a financial instrument (like a stock, currency pair, or commodity) tends to stop falling and may even bounce back up due to buyers. Analogy: Think of support like a floor that prevents the price from falling further. It's a level where buyers are more inclined to enter the market, seeing the current price as attractive. Resistance: Definition: Resistance is a price level at which a financial instrument tends to stop rising and may face difficulty moving higher due to seller pressure. Analogy: Picture resistance as a ceiling that prevents the price from going higher. It's a level where sellers may be more active, considering the current price as too high. In summary, support and resistance are like psychological levels in the market where buying and selling interest tends to cluster. Traders use these levels to make decisions about when to enter or exit trades, set stop-loss orders, or identify potential trend reversals. When the price approaches support, traders may look for buying opportunities, while at resistance, they may consider selling or taking profits.
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NYSE:NIOEducation
by ThePrintingRoom
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Clean traffic downAs Gold heads down lower. We are looking for a clean range of motion to the downside. The Gold candle closed below the 1978.75 area with the candle confirming that there is more volume to the downside. Following this range. It's looking to be clean traffic going all the way down to the low of the candles bearish rejection wick at 1969.77. Price may struggle to break lower than this area but we will need another confirmation on candle close before we can verify anything to be more confident. I will be at a safe entry at the new 30m candle open at 1977.55 doing a safe scalp until 1975. The more aggressive traders can target 1970
FXOPEN:XAUUSDShort
by Trellz_
GBPJPY 15M 02/05/2023 Currently, on the 15-minute timeframe, we are in a bearish trend formed by two changes in structure. Therefore, we are currently in a bearish range that goes from 171.604 to 169.952, with the latter being the liquidity point of the current bearish range. We have a demand zone in the area of 171.559 to 171.382, and the second zone is between 172.328 and 172.162. We could expect a reaction in both zones, provided we observe how the price orders approach these areas. Alternatively, we could wait for these ranges to be liquidated and broken to establish a new bullish trend and liquidate the liquidity points of the previously established ranges.
Short
by mdr300896
GBPJPY 1H 02/05/2023 Currently, on the one-hour timeframe, we are in a bullish range that extends from 168.713 to 172.094, with the latter being the liquidity point of the current range. We can look for a bullish reaction once the price reaches our potential area of interest between 169.387 and 168.729. Alternatively, if the price shows a marked downward movement, we could look for reactions to the upside at the second area of interest, which is between 167.368 and 166.431. However, if it reaches this zone with a double structure break, we could expect that the zone would be liquidated.
Long
by mdr300896
GBPJPY 4H 02/05/2023 Currently, in the 4-hour timeframe, we are in an uptrend range ranging from 165.422 to 172.328, with the latter being the liquidity point of the current range. We can also see that the price has left us two demand zones of interest in the areas of 167.388 to 166.431 and another from 165.991 to 165.648. When the price touches these areas, we can look for a reaction in favor of the main trend as long as we see how the price reached these zones. Alternatively, we can decrease the timeframe to follow the ranges that are being created in favor of the trend.
Long
by mdr300896
GBPJPY 1D 02/05/2023Currently, on the daily timeframe, we are in a bullish range that extends from 165.422 to 172.328, with the latter being the liquidity point of the current range. We can also observe that the price has left an unmitigated zone between 167.341 and 166.431, where we can expect a bullish reaction. Therefore, we can wait for the price to reach this zone to anticipate a possible reaction in favor of the trend, or alternatively, we can go down to lower timeframes to see what new ranges in favor of the trend are forming and can be traded.
Long
by mdr300896
EURUSD 15M 28/04/2023Currently, in the 15-minute timeframe, we are in an uptrend range that extends from 1.10158 to 1.09626, with the former being the liquidity point of the range. We have a demand zone at 1.09850. Personally, I would like to see a double structure breakout to the upside before considering a long position, as a single breakout could indicate a re-distribution, making the marked zone more likely to be liquidated. We must wait and see the price reaction or if the 2-hour range is broken with a strong candle.
Long
by mdr300896
EURUSD 2H 28/04/203 Currently, in the two-hour timeframe, we are in an uptrend ranging from 1.09659 to 1.10670, with the latter being the liquidity point of the range. Depending on how the price moves within our potential demand areas, we could consider two zones from a non-mitigated price perspective, which are 1.09865 to 1.09338. The price is currently mitigating the first of these zones, so we could expect a bullish reaction to enter a possible trade or descend to lower timeframes to follow the operable ranges in favor of the trend.
Long
by mdr300896
EURUSD 4H 28/04/2023 Currently, in the 4-hour timeframe, we are in an uptrend range that extends from 1.08960 to 1.10758, with the latter being the current range liquidity point. Following the structure and the ranges that have been created, we can identify two areas of interest: 1.09171 and 1.08571. These are the zones in which we can search for reactions to position ourselves in the bullish movement or alternatively, we could descend to lower timeframes to follow the new bullish ranges that are forming in favor of the trend.
Long
by mdr300896
USDJPY 1H 26/04/2023Currently, on the 1-hour timeframe, we are in a bearish range that goes from 133.94 to 133.01. We can also see that the structure has broken down multiple times, mitigating the larger demand zones. Therefore, we could expect two possibilities: firstly, the price could react to one of the marked gray demand zones, or alternatively, it could break the structure upwards without a pullback. This would signal a possible redistribution, and we could look for bearish ranges in lower timeframes to continue the established movement.
Short
by mdr300896
XAUUSD 15M 25/04/2023In the 15-minute timeframe, we can see that the price has changed its trend to bullish. Therefore, we could look for some type of upward reaction to reach our zones of interest in higher timeframes. In this timeframe, we should wait for this range to be liquidated, either by closing above 1994 or by retracing to the zone between 1979 and 1976 to expect some kind of bullish reaction. However, we should always keep in mind the factors that are at play, as we would not be following the main trend, and we should be cautious. Moreover, we should note that the price has only broken to the upside once, so we would need to wait for a double breakout to be more confident about a bullish entry.
OANDA:XAUUSD
by mdr300896