THE BULL & BEAR

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Part Five:
DMI Contractions and Expansions
The DMI lines are a good reference for price volatility. Price goes through repeated cycles of volatility in which a trend enters a period of consolidation and then consolidation enters a period of trend. When price enters consolidation, the volatility decreases. Buying pressure (demand) and selling pressure (supply) are relatively equal, so the buyers and sellers generally agree on the value of the asset. Once price has contracted into a narrow range, it will expand as the buyers and sellers no longer agree on price. Supply and demand is no longer in balance and consolidation changes to trend when price breaks below support into a downtrend or above resistance into an uptrend. Volatility increases as price searches for a new agreed value level.