Post of the Day:Trends and Ranges

Published June 19th, 2009 - 11:28 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba


Student’s Question:

I have heard that currency pairs are either ranging or trending.  How does that look on a chart?  Thanks.

Power Course Instructor’s Response:

Good question…

After a currency pair has a trending move, it will generally “bounce around” testing a support level after a down trend or testing a resistance level after an uptrend.  If the level in question holds, the price action can then begin a  trending move in the opposite direction.

Take a look at the chart below…

Initially we see the downtrend and we notice that it come to a halt at around the 1.1875 support level on this chart.  It trades in range of about a 100 pips, tests support again and then begins a bullish trend to the upside.