Market structure & SMC/ICT
Swing high / swing low
Also known as: swing point, pivot high, pivot low
A swing high is a peak with lower highs on both sides; a swing low is a trough with higher lows on both sides.
Swing points define market structure and are the anchors for trendlines, support/resistance, Fibonacci levels and break-of-structure analysis. The number of bars used to confirm a swing controls how significant it is.
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