Tag: market cycles
What is the Cup and Handle Pattern?
The Cup and Handle is a structural chart pattern that signals the continuation of an existing trend. It captures a specific market psychology: the transition from a period of high-velocity buying to a slow, rounded correction, followed by a final, tight consolidation before the trend resumes. Traders use this pattern to solve the problem of…
What is HODL?
In the context of the live chart, “HODL” is the practice of maintaining a position regardless of price volatility. While a typical trader seeks to profit from price fluctuations by buying low and selling high, a practitioner of this approach removes themselves from the intraday or intra-week noise. On a chart, this looks like a…
What Is a Bear Market?
A bear market is a sustained period of declining prices, traditionally defined as a drop of 20% or more from recent highs. On a chart, this is not just a single “crash” but a structural shift where the previous upward momentum is replaced by lower highs and lower lows. It represents a phase where the…
