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title: "counter-trend"
description: "A trend is a series of discernible higher highs and higher lows, or lower highs and lower lows. Price action in the opposite direction is counter-trend, until it satisfies the description of a trend."
url: "https://viditrade.com/knowledge-base/jargon/counter-trend/"
updated: "2023-07-06"
category: Jargon
---

# counter-trend

A trend is a series of discernible higher highs and higher lows, or lower highs and lower lows. Price action in the opposite direction is counter-trend, until it satisfies the description of a trend.