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Oct 24, 2026 6 min read

How to Identify a Forex Trend Using Higher Highs and Lower Lows

Forex trend analysis needs no indicator: a trend is a sequence of swing highs and swing lows, and it is read by marking them. This guide gives the rule for what counts as a swing, the three states a market can be in, the one event that ends a trend, how to handle the pullback that looks like a reversal, and how to keep the trend read consistent across daily, four-hour and hourly charts.