Trend Definition...

Dear all,

I'd like to have input from trend traders, how do they define a trend.

Thanks in Advance!

A series of higher highs and higher lows for an up trend. A series of lower highs and lower lows for a down trend.

Tim

Thanks for your comment, another quick question, how long would you wait e.g. for an up trend how many higher highs, higher lows before you consider a new trend has started?

...no more higher high's (or lower low's).

regards
daytrading

a very good, visual way is to look for "stacks of bricks"

http://www.nobrainertrades.com/2008/...ng-bricks.html

As long as you see that price finds support on previous resistance levels, the uptrend is healthy. IMO.

A trend is when my pips are green

honestly, there is no concrete way to predict a trend is starting as it is starting. it is impossible to call it. you can only identify it as a trend after it has been trending. that's why you call it a trend; i is a series of small upward (or downward) moves consolidating themselves into one large move, creating a similar set of occurrences, also known in popular culture as a trend. so using this logic, you can not identify a trend until it is already happening, or a large portion of the trend has already occurred.

the way to identify a trend is to look at your chart. if there is a general direction anywhere on the chart, that is a trend. and depending on your timeframe, any move can be considered a trend. a small move on a day chart can be huge trend on an hour chart.

like most patterns, lines, objects, or any other kinds of technical analysis or price action, it is entirely subjective. a trend to you might be part of a range to me, and a trend to me might be consolidation for someone else.

my advice to you is to look at the chart and watch it for a while. find out for yourself what a trend looks like on the pair you are using with the timeframe you are using. i have always believed that the best way for someone to learn something is to sit down and learn it yourself. go with your gut. if you think it's a trend, it is.

moving averages is sloping up = uptrend
price lower at the left screen compared to right screen = uptrend
MACD is moving up = uptrend
impulse moves faster, retracements takes more time.
The man at Bloombergtv say uptrend, then it is uptrend!

there is many trend; short, medium, long trend, which one ?

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