How do you determine trend direction?

[murray t turtle]

In truth I have no idea what point you are trying to make but if you can make money with said point then please do. I'm not trying to be a smartass it's just that it's clear to me we look at the market differently. I'm talking about trend lines - pure and simple.

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OK,lyoung, i see your points.
Keep dong a study on bull markets, with a 200 day moving average trend line, like IBD [Investors Business Daily newspaper] charts, for example. You will see what i mean-- with its hard to stop a train, hard to stop a trend/uptrend] 200 day/period moving average is the trend line i am referring to --''plain + simple'' as you say.Thanks

 

[birdman]

... if RSI is too near or above 75, the end is near, and if below 50, might be close to the bottom

Do you recommend the standard setting of 14 for RSI or maybe go with a shorter 10 for intraday? I use 3 minute charts. Thanks in advance!