How I spotted a counter-trend setup in $BALL using multi-timeframe pivots
For weeks, Ball Corporation ($BALL) has been one of those “easy reads” for swing traders on the short side. Every bounce got sold, every pullback became another short opportunity. If you just stayed with the trend, you were making money.
But this week, something caught my eye.
I pulled up the chart with my pivot levels:
- The yellow lines were weekly pivots
- The white line marked last month’s low
- And the purple line sat quietly at 55.31 — the midpoint of last month
The market opened right at the previous month’s low. Price didn’t crash further. Instead, it just… paused. Built a range. Almost like the sellers were out of breath.
Then it started nudging higher, inching toward the weekly pivot. That’s when it clicked: in a falling market, last month’s low often becomes a profit-booking zone for shorts. They’ve made their money, they start covering, and suddenly you get a bounce that feels like a reversal.
The target? Very often it’s that midpoint of the previous month — in this case, 55.31. Until price reaches that zone, the play flips: for the next 1–2 weeks, this becomes a buy-on-pullback market instead of sell-on-rally.
For me, this is where the multi-timeframe pivot concept shines. It’s not just about trend-following; it’s about understanding where bigger traders might step aside, and how that creates short-lived but tradable counter-trend opportunities.
If pivots across timeframes are new to you, I broke it all down in a post here:
👉 Multi-Timeframe Pivot Points
Posted Sep 8, 2025, 4:37 PM UTC