Market Turning Points - 2026

A market declines for weeks, then rebounds hard in a single session. The rebound itself proves nothing, because short sellers closing positions produce real buying that stops the moment they are done. The answer arrives on the first pullback. If prices stop above the prior low and hold the faster crossover averages, buyers are defending and the recovery has substance. If they fail back below, the move was short covering. This article explains how to confirm the higher low pat

Follow through trading pattern requirements distinguish short-covering bounces from durable intermediate turns by validating institutional buying supports continuation. One or two sharp up days can come from covering alone without marking durable turns. Short-term cycles need rising into upper reversal zones and staying there, prices holding above 2/3 and 3/5 crossover averages on pullbacks, and intermediate cycles beginning to turn up confirming validation.

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