Trend
Price advancing in a sequence of higher lows/highs (uptrend) or lower lows/highs (downtrend). With no direction, there is a range.
Trend depends on the timeframe: an uptrend on the 4-hour and a downtrend on the 5-minute can both be valid at once. Trading in the direction of the higher timeframe (trend following) is the basic filter of most strategies.
A trend changes with a structure break (the last low/high being taken out). The slope of moving averages and price's position relative to the average are practical trend filters.
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