Market direction is the heartbeat of price action. Before you can trade with clarity, you need to understand how buyers and sellers fight for control — and how that battle appears in structure. If you've explored how price reacts around levels in Support & Resistance, this quiz helps you see how those reactions translate into bullish or bearish moves.
Direction becomes clearer once you recognize whether the market is trending or drifting sideways. If you’ve studied the dynamics inside Trends vs Ranges, you already understand how higher highs and lower lows reveal strength — or weakness.
Strength needs confirmation. Rising participation often validates momentum, which is explored in Volume 101. When structure and volume align, direction becomes unmistakable.
Many traders rely on moving averages to simplify these shifts. If you’ve taken Moving Averages, you know how slope, crossovers, and distance from price hint at bullish or bearish strength.
But direction isn’t always honest. Breakouts can fail, and weak pushes can impersonate conviction. If you’ve studied Breakouts vs Fakeouts, you know how to separate real moves from traps.
True momentum blends conviction with follow-through. Concepts from Momentum Basics explain why some moves explode while others fade instantly.
Reading direction without understanding risk is dangerous. Stops, volatility, and sizing all depend on identifying trend correctly. Explore this connection through Risk Management and Volatility Basics.
Emotion distorts clarity. If you’ve taken Psychological Trading Pressure, you know how fear and greed can warp your read on direction.
Chart patterns often hint at directional bias before a trend becomes obvious. A deeper look inside Common Chart Patterns shows which side is quietly gaining control.
Sometimes price leaps through levels where it should have stalled. If you’ve explored Price Skips Levels, you’ve seen how inefficiencies and expansions can warp trend clarity.
Knowing the difference between a temporary pullback and a full reversal is essential. The structure taught in Pullbacks vs Reversals provides the key clues.
Trend strength determines whether a directional move is likely to continue or collapse. This concept is explored in Trend Strength.
Once you understand direction deeply, you can begin shaping a rule-based system. The principles in Building a Trading System turn directional reading into repeatable execution.