The real short trends are on the weekly charts. When the weekly 10 exponential moving average is above weekly 10 exponential moving average one week ago is the new uptrends on weekly charts.
IMHO!!!
Mine are now. For Breakouts of previous resistance are simple . Price, previous resistance and volume on breakout. Then follow through next day of breakout. A stop loss sell order so I'm covered in case of a false Breakout.
A great Video on Breakouts.
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