MM Your thinking behind a call on WMT twists my logic somewhat What technical analysis led you to that position ?

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Lagging Indicators -vs- Leading Indicators

I will put this simply for those new to Market dynamics There is ONLY 1 leading indicator of anything to do with market price and market behavior Volume Everything else being technical analysis is at best a derivative of price and is lagging Volume ...

Lagging Indicators -vs- Leading Indicators

MM I actually use this whole thing as a proxy for the stock with the options leverage .. strike is always > 80% of ticker price Its solid Direction and tops and bottoms all flow nicely from the volume profile I have spent years perfecting 1000 ways ...

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Its all about perception I suppose The technical or volume driven signals on AAPL are getting ready but it is not ready for any engagement from my perspective. Shake Out + Spring + Test + Stopping Volume are in the bar at 20210223 which is very very ...

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Here is one for A ticker ... fails the 34 day rule but you will get the idea

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MM2 I use what I call the 1% rule to help select an option strike price. The 1% rule says to limit the time value portion of the option to less than 1% of the stock price. If you limit the time value portion of an option to 1%, the stock price only ...

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Thanks One of my issues is sorting through the myriad of candidates Scanning is OK via DBMS but the sheer number of actionable with volume tickers each day is enormous ... 1000 + Then drilling down into the strike and series WIP

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OK MM2 VSAT Mar19 50 PUT @ $0.85 KWEB Feb19 105 PUT @ $3.40 What was your thinking on both those plays? Volatility expansion or some other measure? I trade a simple but profitable US options strategy of volume driven setup, long calls, high delta, ...

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Garfield well done Suggestion do not change anything and just keep that burbling along The normal temptation is to tweak and finesse and then a mess happens Replicate what have working with another broker maybe but keep everything the same on this ...

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vsa with Malcolm

I will jump in here Follow your own method .. But for me M1 and M5 is madness .. its like watching a game of tennis with your chin on the centre net; all activity and you have no idea who is strong or weak or what is happening underneath the noise ...

vsa with Malcolm

Here is a good obvious example SS bar UH Volume Narrow range following major testing at 1630 pm It had to go up as the test was successful and SS bar showed the way HTH

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Sachko Try this .. look for what are known as Skyscraper bars (SS) .. literally a couple or one bar that is/are massively out of place and look like the empire state building These are the VSA changes in sentiment, especially Ultra Wide Range ...

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Thank you soultrader for the very illuminating thread You and Ed Seykota are kindred spirits A very enjoyable lesson in listening Cheers

Soul's Thread

Page 126 para that starts with "we know that price is the very last thing to change in the markets" Its golden and thanks for buying the book to support free thinkers like Bill and family Enjoy

Advanced volume trading

Good Supply = selling and Demand = buying ; accumulation and distribution which leads into the classic Wyckoff structures Put Bill Williams Wise Man structures matched up with classic Wyckoff and Tom Williams later VSA work and you have a very ...

Advanced volume trading