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at your chart, and try to apply the concept of higher highs and higher
lows and vice versa.
When you are analyzing your charts, bear in mind that the markets
move in trends, and trading with the trend is the most important
element in your technical analysis, there’s no more important than the
trend, don’t never try to fight it, or to control it, otherwise you will pay
expensively for trying.
You can’t make money under any market conditions no matter how
powerful is you’re trading system, you have to be patient enough, and
let the market tell you which direction is going to take.
Successful traders say, the trend is your friend, and if you want to
master trading the engulfing bar pattern, your first rule is to follow the
market direction, in other words, the trend should be your best friend.
2-The level:
When you find a clearly definable uptrend or downtrend, the next step
is to identify the most important levels in the market. i mean the most
powerful support and resistance.
If prices test a support level and stop, this is an indication that buyers
are there, this area is watched by all participants in the market,
because it represents a great buying opportunity.
Conversely, if prices test a resistance level and stop in an uptrend, this
is a clear signal that selling strength is in the market.
The example below shows how the market participants interact with
support and resistance levels:
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These levels take different forms such as: trend lines, channels, flags,
triangles… and your ability to identify them in your chart will help you
find better price levels in the market.
In trending markets, when prices pass through resistance level, that
resistance could become support; see the illustration below to
understand how to trade the engulfing bar pattern with support and
resistance in a bullish or a bearish trend:
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