If you only focus on the EMA, what you see is always a lagging line.
The same EMA55, placed in a downtrend, is just a pressure in the direction of the trend;
placed in a sideways movement, it will be repeatedly pierced;
Only when the relationship between price action and the position of the EMA aligns can the direction of the trend truly be clear.
This example in the chart breaks down the whole process very clearly:
First, a structural pattern (small triangle) appears in the downtrend → breaks down → continues to decline, with EMA55 above, it can only be understood as pressure.
Second, the price repeatedly tests the lows in the bottom consolidation box, even showing false breakdowns, but "the bears no longer make new lows," which is the first reversal signal.
Third, the price breaks through the box → retests the previous high and EMA55 → shows a second pullback but does not break the structural low (HL), the bullish power regains an advantage.
Fourth, the real strength comes from the last segment: breaking through EMA55 + breaking through the previous high + consecutive large bullish candles, the trend changes from "possibly reversing" to "has already reversed."
If you only focus on the EMA, what you see is always a lagging line.
If you look at the EMA together with key price action, it will tell you: the trend is weakening, reversing, or has already entered the advancing phase.
