#科普 Sideways Market (or Consolidation Range) is a state of the market in which (any type of) asset prices lack a clear upward or downward trend.
They fluctuate within a narrow or wide range, which is easy to identify with the naked eye on a chart.
Sideways consolidation occurs when most investors reach a consensus on the current asset price, and there are no obvious driving forces for rises or falls.
Of course, consolidation ranges are always broken eventually! Forming new technical trends!