Has the Market Bottomed? (BOS vs CHOCH Explained)

About this episode

This episode discusses Break of Structure and Change of Character in the context of current market conditions.

Welcome to season 4, episode 14 of the Stock Trading for Beginners Podcast! In this episode, we break down two core concepts in technical analysis — Break of Structure (BOS) and Change of Character (CHOCH). These are simple ideas, but they play a major role in helping you understand whether a trend is continuing or starting to reverse. Given the current market conditions, this is especially important. We’ve been in a downtrend for months, and many traders are now asking: have we bottomed, or ...

People in this episode

Host: Tyler Stokes

Topics covered

• technical analysis
• Break of Structure
• Change of Character
• market trends
• downtrend
• trading strategies

Keywords

• market bottom
• technical analysis
• BOS
• CHOCH
• trends
• downtrend
• trading

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Places: market

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