Climax
A quick lesson on trendlines and what they can tell us about market dynamics. Take a look at a fairly long-term chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (below) with trendlines doing back to the low in early 2016. First, notice the light little trendline that ends in late 2016.
General Comments
I thought it might be useful, since most markets are about as exciting as drying paint right now, to take a few steps back and consider some basic tools that most technical traders use. Today, I'm drawing from an early draft of my book, and sharing a few
Trading tools
Trendlines are useful. For the uninitiated, it may seem odd to draw lines on charts and to expect them to work, but what we are actually doing here is to create a shortcut (a heuristic, if you prefer.) A properly drawn trendline will reflect both the trend and the volatility