Jessy Lauriston Livermore said,
""Always BUY when price is in UPTREND, and always SHORT when its in downtrend"". Simple logic yet so difficult to follow, In real LIFE people like BARGAINS, like to buy things cheap and like to sell the stuff they own at HIGH PRICE. Book i read 3 years back, but last week i was able to add a LOGIC to what he meant when he said that, like to thanks AL BROOKS when he explained buying and selling pressures. Now when i sell stock SHORT when its in UPTREND (it is already having a buying pressure, simple demand and supply) and i put a BUYING-SL to cover my position (in loss) which ADD's to that BUYING PRESSURE, A simple covering by counter trend scalpers will print a bull bar which will be enough for BULLS to ADD into there position or initiate a new long towards a dominant trend and SWING SHORT TRADER to cover back above that BULL BAR. That starts a SNOW BALL effect and traders wonder how come market came and trigger there SL up to the TICK and PULLED-BACKED.
(My Experience)