Forex Trending Markets and Range Bound Markets

by John on 08/12/08 at 6:08 pm

There are 2 types of market conditions: the trending markets and the range bound markets.

The trending markets are markets which are moving to the upside or the downside:

Uptrend:

On an uptrend, the market is clearly moving up. On an uptrend market is easy to spot that the currency is reaching higher lows and higher highs.

On a downtrend, the currency is making lower highs and lower lows. It’s easy to spot a downtrend:

The Range bound market is not moving to the upside or the downside. It’s simply moving between a strong support and resistance:

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