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Stock Trends information is part of the base information we review before making a trade.

“The trend is your friend, until the end when it bends.” –  Martin Zweig

Stock Trends Analysis is an important part of technical analysis. Without understanding

how to do trend analysis traders cannot do technical analysis.

Stock Trends show the traders a general direction in which the stock is currently moving.

Depending on whether it is a bull or bear market, the trends move upwards, downwards,
or sideways.

The Stock Trends can be both short-term and long-term however, the longer the trend
moves the more worthy the trend becomes.

In this blog, we will be discussing the basics of Stock Trends analysis and also how to do
trend analysis

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 Table Of Contents
What are Stock Trends?
Types of Stock Trends:
Uptrend:
Downtrend:
Sideways:
How to analyze stock trends with candlesticks?

Types of bullish candlesticks:

Types of bearish candlesticks:
What is a Bearish trend?

What is a Bullish Trend?

Using Technical Indicators for Trend Analysis:

Using financial statements for predicting stock trends:

Key Takeaways:

What are Stock Trends?

Stock Trends tell us the overall direction of the stock’s prices or the market as a whole.

In technical analysis, trends can be analyzed by using trendlines or price action which
tells us when the price is making higher highs for an uptrend, or lower lows for a
downtrend.

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 Many traders try to trade in the same direction as the ongoing trend, whereas some
contrarians trade against the trend.

The trends can be categorized into uptrends, downtrends, and sideways which occur in all
types of markets such as stocks, bonds, and futures.

Types of Stock Trends:

Stock Trends can be divided into:

Uptrend:
When the prices are making higher highs and higher lows then the trend can be termed
as an Uptrend.

Generally, when the psychological and fundamental factors improve, the prices start
moving up and forms an Upward Trend.

When the stock or market is on an uptrend then it is termed as “Bull market”. Traders
should buy dips during this ongoing Uptrend.

Downtrend:
When the prices are making lower lows and lower highs then the trend can be termed as
the Downtrend.

Generally, when the psychological and fundamental factors degrade, the prices start
moving down and form the Downtrend.

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 When the stock market is on the downtrend then it is termed as “Bear market”. Traders
should sell dips during this ongoing Downtrend.

Sideways:
The horizontal price movement happens when the supply and demand are almost equal
then the trend is termed as “Sideways trend”.

Sideways trend happes when neither psychological factors nor fundamental factors tend
to

This trend may last for few weeks or a few years.

How to analyze stock trends with candlesticks?

Candlestick chart patterns help us in understanding whether the ongoing trend is an
uptrend, downtrend, or sideways.

With the help of candlesticks patterns, traders can:

See the completion of the particular number of trades during a specific period.

It shows that if there was more selling or buying pressure during that particular
period.

Candlesticks can be categorized into bullish or bearish candlesticks:

Types of bullish candlesticks:

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 Bullish Reversal Candlestick Patterns indicate that the ongoing downtrend is going to end
and it may reverse to an uptrend.

One should note that:

Bullish reversal patterns should form at the end of a downtrend

One should confirm the reversal signals given by bullish reversal patterns with other
indicators such as high trading volume.

Below is a list of 5 Powerful Bullish Candlestick Patterns which can help the traders to
analyze if the ongoing trend will continue or reverse:

Hammer

Piercing Pattern

Bullish Engulfing

The Morning Star

The three white soldiers

Types of bearish candlesticks:

Bearish Reversal Candlestick Patterns indicate that the ongoing uptrend is going to end
and it may reverse to the downtrend.

One should note that:

Bearish reversal patterns should form at the end of an uptrend

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 One should confirm the reversal signals gives by bearish reversal patterns with other
indicators such as high trading volume.

Below is a list of 5 Powerful Bearish Candlestick Patterns which can help the traders to
analyze if the ongoing trend will continue or reverse:

Hanging Man

Dark Cloud Cover

Bearish Engulfing

The Evening Star

The Three Black Crows

What is a Bearish trend?

A bearish Trend in the financial markets can be defined as a downward trend if there is a
fall in the industry’s stocks or there is an overall fall in the market indices.

The bearish trend is characterized by heavy selling pressure exerted by the bears.

When there is a fall in the prices of about 20% then it is identified as a bearish trend.

What is a Bullish Trend?

A bullish Trend in the financial markets can be defined as an uptrend if there is a rise in
the industry’s stocks or there is an overall rise in the market indices.

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 The bullish trend is characterized by heavy buying pressure exerted by the bulls.

When there is a rise in the prices of about 20% then it is identified as a bullish trend.

Using Technical Indicators for Trend Analysis:

Technical indicators are technical tools that help in analyzing the ongoing trend and
whether the current trend is going to reverse or not.

Technical indicators can be momentum indicators, volatility indicators, volume indicators,

and so on.

Traders can buy the stock it is trending up or down with strong momentum and sell it
when the stock loses momentum.

Traders can take the help of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) indicator that can be used in
trend analysis strategies.

Below we can see how the stock is trending higher as momentum is rising:

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 Traders can use Moving Average when analyzing the trends of the stock.

Traders can buy the stock when a short-term moving average crosses above a long-term
moving average and sell it  when a short-term moving average crosses below a long-
term moving average as shown in the below example:

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 Indicators help in providing us with trend trade or reversal signals.

These technical indicators can be used on all time frames such as hourly, weekly, daily,
monthly, etc.

Traders should use a combination of technical indicators to confirm the signals given by
these technical indicators.

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 Using financial statements for predicting stock
trends:
Traders can also use a set of financial ratios for predicting stock price trend,

The decisions of such investors will rely on the financial ratios by analyzing the financial
statements when making financial decisions.

Key Takeaways:
A trend tells us the overall direction of the stock’s prices or the market as a whole.

The trends can be categorized into uptrends, downtrends, and sideways which occur
in all types of markets such as stocks, bonds, and futures.

Candlestick chart patterns help us in understanding whether the ongoing trend is an

uptrend, downtrend, or sideways.

Candlesticks can be categorized into bullish or bearish candlesticks:

Bearish Trend in the financial markets can be defined as a downward trend if there is
fall in the industry’s stocks or there is overall fall in the market indices.

Bullish Trend in the financial markets can be defined as an uptrend if there is rise in
the industry’s stocks or there is overall rise in the market indices.

Technical indicators are technical tools that help in analyzing the ongoing trend and
whether the current trend is going to reverse or not.

Indicators help in providing us with trend trade or reversal signals.

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 Traders should use a combination of technical indicators to confirm the signals given
by these technical indicators.

Traders should use a combination of technical indicators to confirm the signals given
by these technical indicators.

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