HELP with trendlines

Can somebody help me to ID trendlines, I get different info on how to do it right and still can't get it. Right to left, left to right? Last and previous swing low or high, completely confused.
Thanks guys
Attached the image of todays usd/chf

the way I remember it is this:

a trend line is broken when it tries to make a significantly higher high, but doesn't, and then goes lower than the most recent significant low.

it's not broken if it keeps making significantly higher highs or lower lows.

with the chart you have posted, you seem to have a trend going up, and then it goes down, but on the larger scale it all seems to be ranging

Well first the basic version, trend lines tend to be drawn from left to right, drawn so that they are touching significant tops, or significant bottoms, there are more advanced ways but let's not go there just yet. For tops, you basically want to draw a "roof" on the price action, for bottoms you want to draw a floor. Below is your chart with some trend lines I would draw:

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7411/trendjy2.gif

I also have a basic introduction to them here: http://www.beginnertrader.com/archiv...y-trend-lines/

Best of luck!

Looks good, but what about price breaching on the top trend line, everyone i talked to says there should be no price breaching in between.

This should help you better under stand TD Lines.

Thanks to everyone for great material !!! One more, and may be its just me;
Say 30 min chart, can be opened in different size windows, so even though its 30 min chart, it might include activities for half day or three days, what's the right way of scaling it?
Thanks
Dennis