If the market is pulling towards upside direction with less magnitude towards downside direction we can call it as an uptrend.
Characteristics of an uptrend:
1) Higher High and higher low pattern in the swings
2) Less magnitude in secondary swings or downside swings in this case
Hope this helps:)
Nataraj Malavade
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