You can spot the zig-zag letters from their zig-zag lines. Let's look at the ‘V’ here. That down up movement makes the zig-zag. ‘W’ is the same, only with more diagonals. Down, up ...
creating a zig-zag pattern to highlight trends. Traders set a threshold percentage for price movements, such as 5%, and if the price changes by that amount, the indicator adjusts the line.
So why must climbing the proverbial career ladder be a straight line upwards ... most progressions follow a zig-zag pattern. In science, where zig-zagging occurs naturally with change, it prompted ...