A channel will Help you identify the TREND . However the TREND will have some amount of COMPLEX DIRECTION. For example, if you have caught the trend correctly in an UPMOVE/DOWNMOVE, always Remember, that this TREND will playout in the LONGER TIME FRAME, but will WHIPSAW in smaller and smallest time periods. BY WHIPSAW is meant volatility within that LARGER TREND, which means up...down..,sideways...up....down etc. So if you have identified the Trend, you stick to your conviction on a Longer Time Basis