Trend continuation entries with defined risk — how to distinguish a healthy pullback from a reversal.
Key takeaways
- Healthy pullbacks are shallow, orderly and on lower volume.
- Entry triggers should require evidence the pullback has ended.
- Invalidate on a close beyond the prior swing, not on an intraday poke.
Pullback trading enters an established trend during a temporary counter-move, which gives a tighter stop and a better reward ratio than chasing a breakout.
The judgement call is whether the pullback is healthy. Healthy ones are shallow relative to the prior leg, take longer than the impulse move, and occur on declining volume. Reversals tend to be fast, deep and accompanied by expanding volume.
Do not enter simply because price reached a level. Require a trigger: a reclaim of a short-term high, a rejection candle at the level, or a return above a chosen average. This costs a little entry price and removes many failed trades.
Set invalidation at a close beyond the last swing point in the trend direction. Intraday spikes through a level are common and are not, by themselves, evidence that the trend has ended.
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