Method
The lower-timeframe candle confirming a level is holding — rejection at the zone with a close in the direction of the bias.
Entering when price touches a level is predicting. Waiting for a trigger is confirming. The second costs a few points of entry and avoids every level that simply gets cut through.
Also called: entry trigger, confirmation.
Taught in
Timing the 5M EntryThe Top-Down MethodConfirmation rather than prediction — the candle that says the zone is holding, and the one that says stand aside.
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