HG, How do you approach your trades and what do you watch for when price approches the hidden gaps zones. The zone you showed in this example was tested on January 12th with price breaking above, retracing into it again on the 13th before breaking ...

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Does it have anything to do with the candles passing through the Hidden Gap zone and their corresponding volumes?

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Nice trade.

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I am still very new at learning VSA so I am just grasping ATM but the first entry is marked after a ND bar which has volume higher than the previous 2 bars... does that not void this as being a ND? Based on that the second one would be the best ...

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Thanks.

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So based on this if the bar closes lower but does not make a lower low it is still a downbar, correct?

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Ok thanks...

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Upbar and Downbar — Still trying to make sure I fully understand the VSA terms and bar types... I read that an upbar is a bar which closes higher than the previous bar and a downbar is a bar which closes lower... But then in some VSA bar ...

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Terrible PA today... Calling it a day / week for trading. Closed my trade for 2.5% gain today. It's been a good week so now I shall do some studying and ready myself for next weeks open. Have a great weekend all and good luck with any trades taken ...

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Messy PA — Not a nice day for 123 trades... EURUSD has had a nice move up and now but no real nice set-ups to trade using this method.

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Thanks very much...

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USDCAD long 123 — This is the only trade I have taken today and it is ongoing ATM. TP at 200 original SL and 0 with it now at BE as PA hit the 150 fib.

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Yes these have been very helping in the VSA learning process...

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Thanks so much for the reply... I didn't see it anywhere (may have missed it) but does volume or spread matter when it comes to be an effort to rise bar?

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Looking forward to it...

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VSA pros — I was looking for some clarification from the many VSA gurus on here. An effort to rise with no result bar is desribed as being "any down bar, with a high that is higher than the previous bar, and the price closing on the lows". ...

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Out at BE on this one... Price retraced to entry then back to -50 triggering by BE and has since retraced back past entry again closing out the trade.

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AUDUSD short... — And I'm in this one... TP and SL at full fib levels. SL will be moved to BE one -50 fib is hit.

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USDCHF long 123 set-up? — Watching this one ATM...

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TP hit in the time it took me to put out this post...

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