Sloppy is slang to describe choppy trading conditions that lack any meaningful trend and/or follow-through.
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A trend channel is a set of parallel trend lines defined by the highs and lows of an asset’s price action. A trend channel, also sometimes called a price channel occurs when the price is moving between two parallel trendlines. Trend channels can be drawn on charts to help see uptrends and downtrends. In a […]
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Trend-following is a trading strategy that focuses on identifying and capitalizing on well-established market trends.
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A trend line is a chart pattern that is defined as a series of highs or lows that form a straight line. It is constructed by joining two or more price points with a straight line. The purpose of a...
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A sideways trend is the horizontal price movement that occurs when the forces of supply and demand are nearly equal. In a sideways trend, the price moves in a narrow band, neither going upward nor...
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The Dow Theory is widely considered one of the earliest forms of technical analysis. It was originally promulgated by Charles H. Dow who noticed that stocks tended to move up or down in trends, and...