How do you Spot Trends in the Forex Markets - Best Times to Day Trade? David Paul, Financial Trader comments. If you found value in watching this video, PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE so we can do more! The basic definition put forward by Charles Dow was that a series of rising bottoms is an up market, a series of falling tops is a down market. But i like to see breakouts and recurring patterns. Any question you ask yourself about trading or forex should be binary; either yes or no answers. Is intraday trading profitable? Your hit rate has to be better because the market only moves so much.