Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) fell through a support level at $0.135 on Friday, after struggling to hold above the level for the 24-hour trading period.

If the crypto would have held above the key support area, Dogecoin would have printed a quadruple bottom pattern, making it likely to bounce up higher over the weekend. When the crypto fell below the level, however, Dogecoin printed a lower low, which set the crypto into a downtrend.

A downtrend occurs when a stock consistently makes a series of lower lows and lower highs on the chart.

The lower lows indicate the bears are in control while the intermittent lower highs indicate consolidation periods.

Traders can use moving averages to help identify an uptrend with descending lower timeframe moving averages (such as the eight-day or 21-day exponential moving averages) indicating the stock is in a steep shorter-term downtrend and descending longer-term moving averages (such as the 200-day simple moving average) indicating a long-term downtrend.

A stock often signals when the lower low is in by printing a reversal candlestick such as a doji, bullish engulfing or hammer candlestick. Likewise, the lower high could be signaled when a doji, gravestone or dragonfly candlestick is printed. Moreover, the lower lows and lower highs often take place at resistance and support levels.

In a downtrend the "trend is your friend" until it’s not and in a downtrend, there are ways for both bullish and bearish traders to participate in the stock:

• Bearish traders who are already holding a position in a stock can feel confident the downtrend will continue unless the stock makes a higher high. Traders looking to take a position in a stock trading in a downtrend can usually find the safest entry on the lower high.
• Bullish traders can enter the trade on the lower low and exit on the lower high. These traders can also enter when the downtrend breaks and the stock makes a higher high indicating a reversal into an uptrend may be in the cards.

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The Dogecoin Chart: On Friday, Dogecoin printed both a lower high at the $0.145 level and a lower low at $$0.133, setting the crypto into a confirmed downtrend.

The crypto may fall down to retest the descending trendline that Dogecoin broke up bullishly from on April 25, and if Dogecoin prints a reversal candlestick at or above the level, such as a doji or hammer candlestick, it may provide a solid entry point for bullish traders who are not already in a position.

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