A trend is a sustained directional bias in price caused by an imbalance between buyers and sellers. Trading with the trend dramatically increases your probability of success. Trading against it is swimming upstream — possible, but unnecessarily hard.
'The trend is your friend' — always identify the dominant trend before entering
Trends are finite — they end when the opposing party gains control
Lesson
Identifying Bullish & Bearish Structure
Identifying the trend is simple: mark the swing highs and swing lows. If each successive high is higher and each successive low is higher — you're in an uptrend. Reverse this for a downtrend.
Uptrend confirmation: each HH creates a new swing high; each HL shows buyers defending higher ground
Downtrend confirmation: each LH shows sellers capping the rally; each LL shows sellers pushing deeper
No clear pattern = ranging market. Never assume a trend that isn't confirmed
Higher Lows in an uptrend often occur at previous resistance that flipped to support
The trend continues until a new S/R flip fails — then watch for a structure break
A trend within a larger trend is called a sub-trend — the higher timeframe trend always takes precedence
Never assume a trend continues forever — no trend is perpetual
Check Yourself
Looking at this chart, what type of market structure is shown? Identify the pattern.
● Downtrend — Lower Highs and Lower Lows (LH/LL)
● Uptrend — Higher Highs and Higher Lows (HH/HL)
● Ranging — no clear trend direction confirmed
Answer it (with a live chart) in the interactive lesson.
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