What is Trend?
An uptrend is commonly described by higher swing highs and higher swing lows, a downtrend by lower highs and lower lows, and every trend contains moves against itself. The same asset can trend up on a weekly chart and down on an hourly one, so a trend claim needs a timeframe and a rule for confirming swings. A trend change is a process of structural evidence, not one red candle; Academy's lessons describe it as intact, weakening, invalidated or transitioning.
Also called uptrend, downtrend, price trend
Always attach a timeframe and a swing rule to the word trend.
Describing swings on a daily chart (illustrative)
- Swing highs
- 110 → 115 → 119
- Swing lows
- 100 → 104 → 108
- Next pullback low
- 109
- Pullback low vs last higher low
- 109 > 108Uptrend intact: the pullback held above the last higher low of 108; a break below it is what this reading would treat as invalidation.