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What kind of activity occurs when the longer-term control?
trader is in
• Imbalanced trends. Why? The market is seeking a fair price around which it can rotate. In other words, traders are looking for a new equilibrium area. See the example below. This example shows an imbalanced trend. Unlike the soybean example, activity here is on the vertical axis. The profile is vertical (long and narrow) because there was no generally accepted mean price. Selling pressure overwhelmed the buying and activity in the session continually moved lower. The market started trading at 262 in D period. In K period, the market was trading between 258½ and 257.
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Imbalancedrend T
2646 2644 2642 2640 2636 2634 2632 -Marke! opens here 2630 2626 2624 D 2622 DE 2620 DE 2616 DEF 2614 DEF 2612 DF 2610 DF 2606 DF 2604 DFG Profile long and llarro_ 2602 DG 2600 DGH 2596 _-GfflJ 2594 GHIJ 2592 GHIJ 2590 GHIJ 2586 HIJ 2584 HIJK 2582 HIJK'q 2580 HIJK Activil) continually 2576 HIJK moves lower 2574 IJK 2572 IJK 2570 IK -"K" period 258_/2lo 257 2566 2564 2562 2560 2556 2554 2552 2550 2546 • 5/19
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