$IFCI A common bullish market structure begins with a breakout, where price moves above a key resistance level with strong momentum, signaling the start of a new trend. After the breakout, the market often enters a consolidation phase, moving sideways as buyers and sellers temporarily reach equilibrium while early traders take profits. Once this consolidation is absorbed, price makes new highs, confirming continued bullish strength. The market then frequently performs a retest, where price pulls back to the previous breakout or resistance zone (now acting as support). If buyers successfully defend this level and price holds above support, it validates the breakout and often leads to the next upward move, creating a higher high and continuing the overall uptrend. This sequence—breakout, consolidation, new highs, retest, and continuation—is considered one of the strongest trend-continuation patterns in technical analysis.