3.3Pullbacks
- ·What a pullback is
- ·Why pullbacks can offer better entries than chasing
- ·Why confirmation is still required
A pullback occurs when price temporarily moves against the dominant directional movement.
Pullbacks can potentially offer better entries than chasing extended price. However, not every pullback will continue. The trader needs confirmation.
A pullback is a location, not a signal.
Price retraces into a prior breakout level. That is location. The entry occurs only when momentum confirms continuation.
Examples use historical or illustrative data only. They are not live market signals.
Identify three pullbacks on a historical chart: one that continued, one that stalled, one that reversed. Note what differed.
Every pullback in a trend resumes in the trend direction.
Price is extended far from its recent structure and momentum is fading. What is the more disciplined action?
- 01Pullbacks move against the dominant direction temporarily.
- 02They can improve entry location and risk distance.
- 03Location alone does not justify execution.
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