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title: 'How to Know If the Price Will Follow the Trend'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=mCj274rvkTo'
video_id: 'mCj274rvkTo'
date: 2026-07-31
duration_sec: 821
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# How to Know If the Price Will Follow the Trend

> Source: [How to Know If the Price Will Follow the Trend](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mCj274rvkTo)

## Summary

This video explains how to determine if a price trend will continue by identifying supply and demand zones. It covers two main identification methods and provides a practical chart analysis using candlestick patterns and Andrius's Pitchfork.

### Key Points

- **Definition of Supply and Demand Zones** [00:30] — Supply zones are areas of strong selling activity forming resistance; demand zones are areas of strong buying activity forming support.
- **Three Methods to Identify Zones** [03:11] — 1) Support/resistance levels held on two or more occasions, 2) Large-bodied candlestick openings/closings, 3) Candlesticks with long shadows.
- **Practical Supply Line Example** [05:11] — A long upper shadow indicates sellers overpowered buyers; the candle's high serves as a supply line.
- **Using Andrius's Pitchfork** [06:00] — Andrius's Pitchfork helps measure exhaustion and project price moves, e.g., a low aligning with the center line.
- **Pure Price Action Reading** [07:41] — No indicators needed; only candlestick analysis in supply/demand zones to predict price behavior.
- **Massive Bearish Candle as Supply Line** [08:36] — The opening of a large bearish candle defines a key supply zone.
- **Role Reversal: Supply Becomes Support** [09:54] — When price breaks above a supply line and it holds as support, it signals a trend shift to upside.
- **Competitive Advantage of Pure Reading** [10:51] — Reading price action without indicators gives an edge; candlestick types reveal supply/demand dynamics.
- **Identifying Demand Zones After Reversal** [11:47] — After a bullish trend shift, look for demand zones to enter the trend.
- **Core Skill for Profitability** [12:47] — Mastering supply/demand zone reading is essential for long-term profitability regardless of other methods.

### Conclusion

Identifying and interpreting supply and demand zones through pure candlestick analysis allows traders to predict trend continuations and reversals effectively, providing a crucial competitive edge.

## Transcript

practical tips so you can tell if the price will maintain an upward or downward trend, a previous high or low, or a support or resistance level. It's very
common for traders to observe a trending market, for example, but when they try to apply the same impulse, pullback, and continuation principle that has worked on other occasions,
the technique fails in the next market move. The key to all of this lies in understanding the concept of supply and demand zones. So, in this video, I'll explain what supply and demand zones are, why they are so important, and
the two ways to identify them. I'll also support everything practically by analyzing a candlestick chart. So, once you've watched this video, you'll be able to tell if the price intends to
break a level or, on the contrary, if it intends to reject it. This way, you'll not only stop losing money in similar situations but money in similar situations but also start making it. I'm
and demand zones are, since understanding the basics of all this is crucial for efficient analysis.
In theory, any chart shows a demand zone as a specific area where strong buying activity has been observed, potentially forming some kind of support or bullish rejection. Conversely, a
supply zone is a specific area where strong selling activity has been observed, potentially forming some kind of resistance or bearish rejection. Going
more practically, we can see that here a kind of support has formed. As I said, it's not a specific level, but rather a zone, an area of ​​the chart, simply because there is more demand than supply. The
result is that the price is not only unable to break down through that support level, but it ends up rejecting it to the upside. On the other hand, here rejecting it to the upside. On the other hand, here we have a resistance zone that
has formed simply because there is more supply than demand. The price is not only unable to break through that specific zone, but specific zone, but the market directly forms a
downward rejection. So, this would be the theoretical and practical way to determine what a supply zone is and what a demand zone is. But
the reality is that all of this is much more complex.  As we've discussed, there are many more important aspects to consider when analyzing a chart for trading. We'll get to the latter shortly.
But first, I want to show you how to find supply and demand zones. There are three main ways to identify these levels. With that said, we'll move on to the second part of the video, where I'll
show you practically how to analyze a chart using these levels to more accurately predict whether the price will rise or fall. As I mentioned, there are three
main ways to find supply and demand zones. The first is through support or resistance levels—levels that have held on two or more occasions and therefore act as strong
supply and demand zones. The second is through large-bodied candlestick openings and closings, indicating significant accumulations of buyers or sellers. The third is through candlesticks with long
shadows, representing situations where bulls or bears were winning during the candlestick, but a strong opposing current reversed the situation. Next, I'm going to teach you step by
step how to analyze a chart so you can anticipate what will happen with supply and demand levels. This way, you'll not only know if it's a better time to buy or sell, but this knowledge will also
allow you to be profitable traders. You have to remember that in every significant price movement, you can usually detect a market point where buyers or sellers have won the battle against the
opposing side. This is precisely what, in the long run, will give you a competitive advantage over other traders. For example, in this chart, you can see how in the price movement from number three to number four, the price
drops a little at the beginning, but there is some selling action in the candles with the longer upper shadows. We could place a horizontal line at the most defined point, which is simply the candle with the
longest upper shadow. In this case, notice that at some point during that candle, buyers pushed the price up to the candle's high, but sellers appeared and caused the candle to close at its lower range.
This is how you identify the supply zone, or in this case, the supply line, since it's not  It's not just a zone, it's literally the peak of this large shadow. Eventually, the price drops to form low number
four, and then the sellers exhaust their energy because, as you can see, a clear lack of strength and a reversal form, which obviously encourages the price to
start rising. Once that happens, one way to measure this exhaustion is by using Andrius's Pitchfork. To project low number four, you would draw the Pitchfork at points 1, 2, and 3. In this case,
since it's too vertical, we would double-click and use the modified version I mentioned. Low number four occurs more or less on the center line of the Pitchfork, and it's not the best projection in the world, but in this
case, it's good enough. Also, notice how low number four is marked by a fractal candlestick pointing upwards. Once the price starts to rise, you'll start wondering if the supply line can sustain the
price action or not. This obviously implies the discipline of waiting for the price to reach the levels you drew earlier without altering them. So, the point here is that we have to remember that we continue with this line. As the
price moves, we can see that when the market  It reaches the level that when the market  It reaches the level of the upper shadows, so high that we have marked, a clear reaction forms. Notice how the volatility drops in
the bullish candles and then how the price creates a bearish candle with greater volatility twice at the levels that have been pre-established before continuing. Just one detail: notice how this is pure chart reading, pure
price action reading, no moving averages, no Bulllinger bands, no volumes, no strange lines, no different story, just candle analysis, just analysis of what is happening
in those supply zones and in those demand zones. Once again, the projection here is based on placing a trident at the extremes 3, 4, and 5, and as the
price advances, we can see how the center line perfectly captures the perfectly captures the bearish exhaustion with this accuracy. The important detail here is in the price movement between point number five and
point number six. Here we need to establish the point at which the sellers won the battle and moved strongly downwards. In this case, it is quite clear. Notice this massive bearish candle out of nowhere that has
Moving the chart from point C to point 6, the new supply zone, or in this case, supply line, is again right at the opening of this very large-bodied candle. We've discussed this before, and in this case, it couldn't be
clearer: sellers have won the battle against buyers. But there will be other situations where it's not so obvious. Now we know that if the price returns to this level in the near future, from point
number six, which we've indicated and
price behavior is, and what type of candle forms when we reach the opening of that large bearish candle. As the price starts to rise, you must pay close attention to how the price reacts to
that level. Once the price eventually reaches it, it gives you a subtle clue about what's going to happen. Notice how the buyers break through that level without any problem, and beyond that... The supply line, which was supposed to
The supply line, which was supposed to act as resistance, is now acting as support. All of this is happening before the price breaks the five-figure high. So, if you couldn't identify the supply line of that large bearish candle, you might
think that sellers are about to appear. Those who were able to detect that new supply line in the form of resistance have now realized that it's no longer
acting as resistance; it's acting as support. Therefore, the trend is no longer with the sellers but with the buyers. On the other hand, those who weren't able to
detect that new zone are now waiting for the price to continue that bearish trend, unaware that the underlying supply and demand dynamics have already shifted.
Note that we're not dealing with volume indicators, momentum indicators, Smart Money indicators, or anything like that. We're dealing solely with pure, unadulterated price action focused on the type of candlesticks. This is very
important because it demonstrates that it's an incredibly powerful tool that, in and of itself, can tell you what might happen next. Obviously, adding other ingredients and extra elements can give us
more certainty about what will happen and can also allow us to execute specific trading strategies based on specific rules. But reading the price, reading what will happen
next, can be done without any problem through this type of analysis I'm proposing. As we move a little further, we see that the trend direction has indeed changed drastically to the upside. So from this
point, you should start looking for demand zones, or as we've done so far, demand lines, in order to not only determine the ideal moments to join this currently bullish trend but
also to know at what specific moment the trend is changing again. I assure you that without this ability to literally read what moves the market— liquidity, supply, demand—which is what
moves the market, preceded by human emotion, agreed, but if there's no liquidity, no supply, no demand, it doesn't matter how much emotion there is. If you don't press the button, if you don't mark buy zones and sell zones,
the market won't move. Without being able to... Analyzing, detecting, and processing a chart with its purest, most natural, simplest, and easiest—yet undeniably difficult and complex—is the only way to be profitable. It doesn't matter if
you're a whiz with Elliott Wave Theory, indicators, Smart Money, or anything else. Without being able to correctly and efficiently read the
purest part of the market—the candlesticks and these supply and demand zones—you'll never be profitable in the long run. Remember that below, in the description of this video, you'll find more links of interest, such as
courses, tutorials, training, and other profitable trading strategies. All content is 100% free so you can continue learning as a trader without investing your own money. I'll leave this video here. I hope you liked it and that it was
helpful, which is the important thing. If so, like, subscribe, share it with friends and family, and I'll see you in the next video. family, and I'll see you in the next video. Goodbye.