Signals of a pullback
- Shallow retrace into prior structure
- Momentum weakens on the counter-move, not the trend
- Overall structure of higher highs / lower lows intact
Technical Concepts
Pullbacks versus reversals
A pullback is a temporary counter-move within a trend. A reversal is the trend actually ending. Getting the two mixed up is expensive.
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