# Trend Areas

The Trend Area feature is composed of a short trend and a long trend. The short trend allows you to capture smaller moves in the market, both bullish and bearish, while the long trend gives you a broader perspective as to what the overall direction is, regardless of the small moves. This can assist traders who like to scalp, and it can also assist traders in holding on to their positions by giving them more confidence in the overall direction the security is headed.

Below you will see photos displaying both of these trend areas.

![Short Trend Area](/files/-McOFNxc69TKdjElUN00)

![Long Trend Area](/files/-McOFQRXo2EK8VKOs_N5)

## TREND AREA SETTINGS

You can turn both trend areas on or off within the Origami Oscillator settings menu.

![](/files/-McOH3xWINEqrCuiR1u7)


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