A basic TL question
Someone asked me this question in a PM. I'm keeping his name private, because there is always a reason someone would send a query privately:
"A very basic query. A trend line is drawn from the swing high ..and then you join the next lower swing high and draw it downwards. Now , if at any time there is a bar with a wick above the trend line , does one redraw it from the top of this new wick or the original still holds good. Whats the rule. And what works."
A TL is always drawn from the peak or the dip to the 1st swing high or low. If it is too steep, then wait for the next swing low or high and draw it to that one. Many times I like to draw preliminary TL's which goes from the 1st swing low or high to the 2nd. If it produces the necessary TL properties that I have discussed so often, then that also would be a legitimate TL.
If the break does not possess the properties, then always check to see if you drew it right, as we already have had discussions along those lines.
You are drawing the lines from wick to wick, but a legitimate TL break is not when the wick breaks, but the close of the candle has to break it.
As long as the TL is not broken, then it is still effective. Once broken, let it stand until the break and the corrective process has been completed. Whle the corrective process is going on, it's a good idea to draw the TL going the opposite direction.