# Failure Swing

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"Failure Swing" is a state that confirms that the trend will change direction.

If the current trend does not continue and broken, it is called "**Failure Swing**". The goal of investors who want to use this technical analysis algorithm is to try to make a profit by taking advantage of the price fluctuations and oscillations of a market. In a downtrend, each bottom is lower than the previous low. If there is a trough higher than the last trough formed by such oscillations in a falling trend and the subsequent trend is in the upward direction, this is explained as a "Failure Swing" in a falling trend.

In an uptrend, each peak is higher than the previous one. If there is a lower peak than the last peak formed by such oscillations in an ascending trend and the subsequent trend is in the downward direction, this is explained as a "Failure Swing" in an ascending trend.

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**In a downtrend ;**

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If the price breakout the last lower high (LH) the formation can be considered a buy signal.
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**In an uptrend ;**

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If the price breakdown the last swing low (SH) the formation can be considered a sell signal.
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