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Both ___________ and ______ _______ _________ are straight lines that are parallel to the trend but on opposite sides of the trend, forming a channel that contains the price action. |
Trendlines; trend channel lines |
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straight lines that are parallel to the trend but on opposite sides of the trend, forming a channel that contains the price action. |
trendlines and trend channel lines |
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Trendlines most often set up _____ ______ trades, and trend channel lines are most helpful finding tradable __________. |
With Trend; Reversals |
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A __________ is most helpful when looking for entries in the direction of the trend on pullbacks and in the opposite direction after the trendline is broken. |
Trendline |
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A trendline is most helpful when looking for entries in the direction of the _______ on pullbacks and in the _________ direction after the trendline is broken. |
Trend; Opposite |
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Once a trend has been established by a series of trending highs and lows, the most profitable trades are in the direction of the trendline until.... |
The trendline is broken |
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The single most important point about a trendline break is that.... |
it is the first sign that the market is no longer being controlled by just one side (buyers or sellers) and the chances of further two sided trading is now much greater. |
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After every _________ ______, there will be a new swing point upon which to base a new line. |
Trendline break |
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The strength of the trendline break provides an indication of the strength of the _____________ traders. |
Countertrend |
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As a trend progresses, ____________ moves break the trendlines, and usually the breakouts fail, setting up With Trend entries. |
Countertrend; With Trend |
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Each breakout failure becomes the second point for the creation of a new, longer _________ with a shallower slope. |
Trendline |
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In actual practice, when you see a possible trendline and you are not certain how far it is from the current bar, ____________ to see if the market has hit it and then _____________________. |
draw it to see if the market has hit it and then quickly erase the line. |
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When a possible ______ _____ _________ pattern is setting up, a trend channel line drawn across the neckline and dragged to the left shoulder sometimes gives an approximation of where the right shoulder should form |
Head and shoulders |
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A _______ __________ is a trendline on any time frame that is drawn across from 2 to about 10 bars where most of the bars touch or are close to the trendline, and then one of the bars has a false breakout through the trendline |
Micro Trendline |
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Even trendlines created using just ____ or ______ consecutive bars in a steep trend can setup _____ _______ entries when there is a small break that immediately reverses |
Two; three; With Trend |
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Small trendlines in strong trends, even when drawn using adjacent bars, often have failure tests (________ __________) that set up good _______ __________ entries. |
Failed breakouts; With Trend |
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When trading, you do not have to actually draw the trendlines on the chart very often because.... |
most are visible without the help of the lines. |
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On most days, which are trading range days, ____________ lines across swing _____ and _____ often serve as barriers that result in failed breakouts and then reversals. |
Horizontal; highs; lows |