Why markets move sideways before big moves

Price doesn’t trend all the time. Very often, the market pauses, compresses, and trades in a range before the next decisive breakout or reversal.

This phase is called price consolidation — and understanding it can help you:
🔹 avoid low-quality trades
🔹 recognise range vs breakout conditions
🔹 manage risk more effectively
🔹 prepare for volatility expansion

In our new Useful Article, we explain in simple terms:
✔ what price consolidation is
✔ why it happens
✔ how to identify it on a chart
✔ how traders approach ranges, breakouts, and false moves

Whether you trade FX, gold, indices, or crypto, this is a must-read concept 📈

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🧠 Trade smarter by understanding what the market is not doing — before it starts moving again.

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