I find it helpful to think in terms of market cycles, rather than trends. A cycle consists of both trending and non-trending components. Understanding where we're at in cycles helps us identify whether we want to be going with strength or weakness or whether we want to fade these. Once we think in cycles, it's silly to identify ourselves as trend traders or counter-trend traders. Our job is to profit from the various phases of market cycles, not try to make market activity fit our predetermined trading preference.