Uptrend

An uptrend occurs when price makes successively higher highs and higher lows over time. It indicates bullish momentum and buyer dominance, with each pullback halting at a higher level than the previous one. Uptrends are confirmed by drawing rising trendlines connecting the sequence of higher lows. Traders often look to buy on pullbacks to the trendline or to horizontal support within the uptrend, rather than chasing new highs.

The defining characteristic of an uptrend is the pattern of swing points. A textbook uptrend shows a clear sequence where each successive high exceeds the previous high, and each pullback low stays above the previous pullback low. This higher high, higher low pattern signals that buyers are getting more aggressive with each cycle and sellers are running out of supply at progressively higher prices. The trend continues until either a lower high forms (signaling weakening momentum) or a lower low breaks the pattern (signaling reversal).

For example, if EUR/USD has printed swing lows at 1.0720, 1.0780, and 1.0820 over six weeks, and swing highs at 1.0850, 1.0900, and 1.0950, the daily uptrend is intact. A trader watching for a buy setup waits for a pullback to the rising trendline near 1.0870. A buy at 1.0875 with a stop below the most recent higher low at 1.0820 (55 pips) and target at the projected 1.1000 (125 pips) offers a favorable 1:2.3 risk-reward.

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