Sideways Trend - Definition A sideways trend comprises a series of price swings existing within the range of a significant upper resistance area and a significant lower support area . The range support and resistance boundaries (range lower and upper boundaries) may be formed from either higher timeframe S/R and/or significant trading timeframe swing highs or lows
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A sideways trend starts when four trend turning points (Swing High and Swing Low) develop within the range of a previous price swing.
The sideways trend ends when as price breaks the high or low defining the sideways trend.