MARKET TREND. T he Market Trend section keeps you trading in sync with the stock market by giving you IBD’s exclusive market analysis, extra-large market charts, and psychological indicators that may signal key changes in stock market direction. Trendlines, also known as bounding lines, are lines drawn on a stock chart that connect two or more price points. Since stock prices tend to trend, trendlines that connect the highs or lows in the stock’s price history can help identify the current trend and predict what the stock price might do in the future. For your selected market (U.S. or Canada), the widget provides a visual snapshot of the major stock market sectors, ranked from highest to lowest percent change. Barchart Sectors Heat Map. This widget, found in the center of the page, provides a visual snapshot of the top and bottom 5 Barchart Sectors, ranked by daily weighted alpha change.