Sideways Market / Sideways Drift

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Definition of 'Sideways Market / Sideways Drift'

A sideways market occurs where the price trend of a certain trading instrument, such as a stock, has been experiencing neither an uptrend nor a downtrend. Instead, the price activity has been oscillating between a relatively narrow range without forming any distinct trends. A sideways market is said to be trading in a horizontal range or channel, with neither the bears nor the bulls taking control of prices.
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Investopedia explains 'Sideways Market / Sideways Drift'

Market participants can exploit a sideways market by anticipating breakouts, either above or below the channel formed during the sideways market. Sideways markets are also referred to as choppy or non-trending. If the sideways drift is expected to remain for a long period of time, investor can earn profits by selling options with approaching expiration dates.
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'Sideways Market / Sideways Drift'

  • Buy-Write ETFs That Provide Protection

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Buy-Write-ETFs-That-Provide-Protection-PBP-PQBW-BWV-SPY1005.aspx
    ... take a slight breather in October and drift sideways. For retail investors there
    are ways to hedge the downside and enhance the sideways return of market if we ...
  • October 07, 2011 Market Summary

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/cotd/DIA20111007.aspx
    ... If SPY begins to drift lower on light volume, it could set the stage for a ... The best
    scenario for market bulls would be some sideways consolidation on ...
  • Continuation Patterns - Part 2

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/technical/02/022602.asp
    ... As the market continues in its sideways or horizontal pattern ... means that prices will
    continue to drift out to ... first week of October 2001, the market formed an ...
  • Find A Trend With The Partial Retrace

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/trading/07/partial_retrace.asp
    ... lows, effectively changing trends from down to sideways. ... indecision, which suggests
    confusion among market participants. ... began to force WPTE to drift back into ...
  • Utilities Missing Out On The Party

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/cotd/CNP20120120.aspx
    ... declining since the beginning of the year, while the market indexes continue to
    drift higher ... The utility stock has been trading in a sideways range for ...
  • Summertime Hedges

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/Summer-Time-Hedges-GLTR-GLD-PBP-BWV-FXY-FXF-DOG0613.aspx
    ... during the summer months, stocks tend to drift lower as ... to not only the hot gold
    market, but also ... generated from the option helps cushion sideways and downward ...
  • Tales From The Trenches: Location Is Everything

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/trading/07/location.asp
    ... the picture of the struggle between market participants. ... EGY continued to drift lower,
    and two weeks later ... trade, however, as price may trend sideways from this ...

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