A sideways trend is the horizontal price movement that occurs when the forces of supply and demand are nearly equal. This typically occurs during a period of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:consolidation before the price continues a prior trend or reverse🔜s into a ne🐭w trend.

A sideways price trend is also commonly known as a "horizontal trend."

Understanding a Sideways Trend

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Profiting From Sideways Trends

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Many traders focus on identifying horizontal price channels that contain a sideways trend. If the price has regularly rebounded from support and resistance levels, traders may try to buy the security when the price is nearing support levels and sell when the price is nearing resistance levels. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Stop-loss levels may be put 👍intꦡo place just above or below these levels in case a breakout occurs.

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Example of a Sideways Trend

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In this case, traders may interpret the downward slope of the 200-day 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:moving average as indicating a long-term downtrend, while the sideways 50-day moving average suggests that the intermediate term trend is sideways. These trends could indicate that the stock is consolidating before resuming its downward trend or perhaps preparing to reverse into a bullish trend.

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