Every weekend I watch the weekly breakdown by JMP Trading. It really helps me zoom out and compare my perspective with an informed trader. video This week, I'm more bullish than him when it comes to the Dollar, and also reevaluating the S&P's ...

VSA Trading: Reading the Tape & Learning to Wait

image I'd be lying if I didn't say I wasn't second guessing things after yesterday's selloff, but bulls appear to have regained control. Barring any craziness before the close, the best case scenario for bulls is testing on Monday and a rally away ...

VSA Trading: Reading the Tape & Learning to Wait

Here are my latest results. In this session, I traded early 2025 again but w/ barebones VSA principles layered in. I shoot for 25-30 trades per session. I'll refer to these as trade series moving forward fyi: image This took a lot longer than it ...

VSA Trading: Reading the Tape & Learning to Wait

Back to live markets, there are rumors on an end to the govt shutdown: image image The lack of supply that came out over the entire week is a sign that there's no conviction in lower prices too. Same applies for Bitcoin which I initially thought ...

VSA Trading: Reading the Tape & Learning to Wait

Narrator: It was a fluke image Sound advice by Claude to backtest 2023 for a more accurate representation of how it performs in different market environments. Where 2025 was trendy, 2023 was choppy. Even with such a simple setup, while using paper ...

VSA Trading: Reading the Tape & Learning to Wait

Price closed at 6753 today. Lucky guess lol This week's move lower was fraught with intraday rallies that (eventually) failed but overall showed that demand is still present. Couple that w/ the average volume and I wouldn't be surprised to see the ...

VSA Trading: Reading the Tape & Learning to Wait

Backtesting results Yesterday I literally entered based on test/no demand bars on the 30m trend channels and it was profitable. Outside of waiting for a test/no demand, I used zero VSA-related analysis smh. I suppose it's a testament to the efficacy ...

VSA Trading: Reading the Tape & Learning to Wait

Didn't even make it to today's rally before I had to stop trading lol. As of late, I have creeped onto lower and lower timeframes with the expectations that my analysis on the Daily would lead to a definitive push lower. The market is as bearish as ...

VSA Trading: Reading the Tape & Learning to Wait

With a bit of distance from the charts, I'm a bit less "watch out below" and a bit more "prepared for the possibility that the S&P 500 pulls back to 6760". If this does occur, then I'll reset and reevaluate from there, but I think initially got a ...

VSA Trading: Reading the Tape & Learning to Wait

I (re)watch trading videos based on areas I'm currently struggling with or see opportunity around. I will try and share those resources in real-time as a blueprint for my path and current line of reasoning. Recently, I've revisited the basics around ...

VSA Trading: Reading the Tape & Learning to Wait

image I also reviewed the Monthly & Weekly in my journal and they are just as bad. I am hoping that we get some No Demand early in the week so that I can establish positions from a position of (greater) strength. There's always a possibility of a ...

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Here is the S&P 500: Monthly image Weekly image Daily image Specifically for the weekly, what makes the narrative (potentially) ominous is how buyers have reacted to supply and what it says about their intent. The analogy that comes to mind is ...

VSA Trading: Reading the Tape & Learning to Wait

I mostly post in the VSA w/ Malcolm thread. Last week was bumpy for me. In October, I gave back all of my gains for the year lol. It wasn't a big blowup or a large amount percentage-wise. In retrospect, it was the result of two things: More day ...

VSA Trading: Reading the Tape & Learning to Wait

Man. I'm so close but coming up short (no pun intended). Analysis was spot on but early or I made errors. All of yesterday's stop outs are profitable and the sole winner was stopped out today lol. With that said, the risk:reward is undeniable so if ...

vsa with Malcolm

In three positions after the afternoon breakdown: Might get stopped out of this image Looking slightly better image Looking good the best so far image Also got stopped out of TLT last week and looking to get back in when the dust settles: ...

vsa with Malcolm

Yeah good advice as always Anotan. I'll steer clear of the SPY ETF for the time being and focus on plays under-performing the markets and showing weakness. I'll also reduce my size until there's more confirmation

vsa with Malcolm

S&P 500 feels like it is in one of those "remaining irrational until most people are insolvent" moods. I don't want to talk beyond the charts too much but as of the 1st of the month, governmental food assistance programs will be cut for 40 million ...

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Good analysis and we are having the strong move you hypothesized as a possibility. From my (hindsight) perspective after getting stopped out of a few shorts: image Price shows intent in the pre-market before hitting a key level (Resistance on 9/22 ...

vsa with Malcolm

image Today was the best trading day of my life. Didn't make a fortune or anything but I objectively felt in tune w/ the market throughout the morning. Things were shakier in the afternoon with the trend reversal, and since my over-confidence led ...

VSA Trading: Reading the Tape & Learning to Wait