Just popping in to point out...EU, climactic volume at top. Looks very weak on 1 hr and down. 5 min gave double top and no demand on IBFX just now.

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Phases — I use this method on the 1 hr chart to define background and trading direction. Let's see if I can explain this well enough, in plain english to not have to post a bunch of charts. 1. Accumulation: When a mark down (down trend) is ...

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Nope, haven't even seen charts since Friday. Looking to trade tues thru rest of the week, so I'll post.

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..some good charts from Duyk20 too, showing how it's done.

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Yep, at least 2 things that would keep you out of a trade. The potential ND was not validated with a close below and the "push thru" candle had very high volume.

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For volume I usually have 3 brokers to compare. IBFX, Go Trader and FXCM. As you said, for the most part they are very similar. It helps me spot quickly if one is acting up, like IBFX did recently. I've often heard it said that the volume we are ...

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Nope, it's not useful to me. Notice I don't use market depth, market profile, POC, VWAP, triggers, cot reports, fundies, VSA indies, 200 VSA definitions, MA diamonds, hull, odd TFs, pivots etc. in my trading. (I do use fib). It's not that haven't ...

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Stop, Push, Test does it again. — image

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Thanks for posting this, it helps he point out some things. The main problem is the time of day that the No Supply showed up (second line from left). It's at 20:00 GMT. I NEVER take a trade that time of day. If you look at the volume following that ...

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This analysis is so spot on. A simple understanding of supply and demand and how SM operates.

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This is great! 100%, excellent. Although the highest volume wasn't at the bottom on the 5 min, demand was certainly shown before the entry setup. Where you marked "add to position" was the actual Stop, Push, Test (SPT) entry. Just draw a line on ...

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Very nice! 1 min chart ay? Hey, why not...it's fractal.

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Intel, I'm happy to see you contributing here! By definition, an "End of a rising market" (EORM) must be on a narrow bar with high volume as price moves into higher territory, during an up trend. The LOGIC there is that high volume during an up ...

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Another successful stop, push, test trade on 5 min eu. I think you get the idea. The 5 min had a few valid opportunities. It looked good on all TFs as clean setups should. If anyone is practicing this entry, feel free to post. It would be helpful to ...

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Good question. The 1 hr is tradeable before it gives a push, but managing that trade is crucial in case that push doesn't happen, or fails. The details of how to use the 1hr to determine 5 min trade entries and manage them will be given when I cover ...

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Yes, push, test, push, test is actually a sign of a healthy move. Anything to fast and erratic could be climactic, absorption etc. Targets are based on what's to my left as price enters areas of possible strength/weakness, as well as reaction to ...

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Drawing the demand/supply line, I like to wait for at least three 5 min bars. If your just patient that s/r will show its self 90% of the time. Good question about stopping volume. Ideally, we don't want a lower close after potential stopping volume ...

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My plan is to use recent live examples for now to show setups, so don't blame me if it's the same one again. I did expand on it here a bit, showing multiple valid entries based on aggressiveness. My entry was on the "push thru" bar close. Having ...

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Here's an example in reverse now, of my most common trade. We can start calling it SPT for stop/push/test. The 1hr had a wide spread high volume bar closing off the high, followed by a bearish close as my background. One thing about this trade. Our ...

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I'm looking at the 1 hr for my background. Stopping/climactic volume is most important and I work that into identifying the phase: accmulation, distribution, markup, mark down, reaccum, redist. I'll get into this more soon. I'm using the 5 min for ...

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