TPA:Trends by Al-B
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Continuation signal in the spike phase of a strong trend:
A continuation signal can be buying at the top of a bull trend or selling at the bottom of a bear trend.
Strong bull trend bar in a bull spike.
Strong bear trend bar in a bear spike.
Reversal signals:
A reversal pattern can be a trend reversal or a pullback that is ending and reversing back into the direction of the trend.
Reversal bar.
Two-bar reversal.
Three-bar reversal.
Small bar:
An inside bar. An ii (or iii) pattern.
A small bar near the high or low of a big bar or trading range.
An ioi pattern.
Outside bar and an oo pattern (an outside bar followed by a larger outside bar).
Double top and bottom.
Failed reversal attempt, including a reversal bar failure.
Failed continuation attempt, like buying below a low 1 signal bar in a bear trend that appears to be bottoming or shorting above a high 1 signal bar in a bull trend that appears to be topping.
Shaved bar: a bar with no tail at either the top or the bottom.
Trend bar: A bull trend bar can be a sell setup in a rally in a strong bear trend and near the top of a trading range, and a bear trend bar can be a buy setup in a pullback in a strong bull trend and near the bottom of a trading range.
Any pause or pullback bar in the spike phase of a strong trend.
All bars in a channel: Buy at or below prior bar, sell at or above prior bar.
Any bar that forms a higher low in a bull trend and a lower high in a bear trend.
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Continuation signal in the spike phase of a strong trend:
A continuation signal can be buying at the top of a bull trend or selling at the bottom of a bear trend.
Strong bull trend bar in a bull spike.
Strong bear trend bar in a bear spike.
Reversal signals:
A reversal pattern can be a trend reversal or a pullback that is ending and reversing back into the direction of the trend.
Reversal bar.
Two-bar reversal.
Three-bar reversal.
Small bar:
An inside bar. An ii (or iii) pattern.
A small bar near the high or low of a big bar or trading range.
An ioi pattern.
Outside bar and an oo pattern (an outside bar followed by a larger outside bar).
Double top and bottom.
Failed reversal attempt, including a reversal bar failure.
Failed continuation attempt, like buying below a low 1 signal bar in a bear trend that appears to be bottoming or shorting above a high 1 signal bar in a bull trend that appears to be topping.
Shaved bar: a bar with no tail at either the top or the bottom.
Trend bar: A bull trend bar can be a sell setup in a rally in a strong bear trend and near the top of a trading range, and a bear trend bar can be a buy setup in a pullback in a strong bull trend and near the bottom of a trading range.
Any pause or pullback bar in the spike phase of a strong trend.
All bars in a channel: Buy at or below prior bar, sell at or above prior bar.
Any bar that forms a higher low in a bull trend and a lower high in a bear trend.
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) - Thanks TimeTells. And down to Friday Low - Missed a long at that low - see ? - Failed long from channel then, lastly - successful longs from channel. And final short into 10am finish for me. Need to be aware of price action behaviour at levels and lines at levels - so work in progress continues. {image}
