DislikedI realize it is a slow jacking up so they can buy more without putting the price up. But how can we differentiate between this and genuine weakness where, price hangs around a level before breaking through.Ignored
These factors include FTAs, Round numbers, LLS/HHR, EMAs and other things you watch like your HCR/LCS levels. By simply looking at where price is looking for support and resistance you can, for the most part, make sense as to what that "slow movement" is signalling.
Its like decoding the thing backward. You start off with looking at your bar to bar action and then putting this piece of the puzzle into the entire bigger picture to see if it makes sense.
In the above examples, bullish fake out setups that are moving slow to begin with are explained by close by first trouble areas on both setups and look bullish because you don't see any threatening bearish action (such as a close below the LLS) to realize your fears.
Once again its about not being emotional and not getting bogged down if your expectation of a setup to be a BAM setup isn't fulfilled. Its really about just looking at things objectively and making sure any actions that you take are well justified on grounds of simple technical analysis and the ideas of support and resistance.
hope this helps.
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