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Level 4 - Analytical Methods: Course Index
All posts in Level 4 - Analytical Methods. The six skills for reading price and volume data: Trend Analysis, Volume Studies, Buying/Selling Waves, Technical Positi…
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Trend Analysis
Identifying the direction and momentum of the dominant force. Trend lines define the stride of a move. Covers: What Trend Analysis Measures; The Law It Embodies; Context in the Analytical Hierarchy; Construction and Setup.
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Volume Studies
Reading the intensity and character of supply and demand through volume behavior. Covers: What Volume Studies Measures; The Law It Embodies; Context in the Analytical Hierarchy; Construction.
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Buying and Selling Waves
Measuring the quality and exhaustion of price moves through successive wave comparison. The wave chart gives the market's pulse. Covers: What Buying and Selling Waves Measure; The Law It Embodies; Context in the Analytical Hierarchy; The Fractal Structure of Waves.
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Technical Position
Synthesizing all analytical methods into a single readiness judgment: is price prepared to move, and in which direction?. Covers: What Technical Position Measures; The Law It Embodies; Context in the Analytical Hierarchy; The Four Technical Positions.
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Comparative Strength and Weakness
Identifying the best instrument for the current campaign by comparing individual behavior against the group and market. Relative behavior reveals operator intentions. Covers: What Comparative Strength and Weakness Measures; The Law It Embodies; Context in the Analytical Hierarchy; The Three-Level Hi
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Figure Chart Analysis (Cause and Price Objectives)
Measuring the size of the accumulation or distribution cause to project the price objective of the subsequent effect. The figure chart is the cause-counting instrument. Covers: What Figure Chart Analysis Measures; The Law It Embodies; Context in the Analytical Hierarchy; Chart Construction: The 1-Po
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Figure Chart Analysis - Measuring Cause
A complete operational treatment of the figure chart as the cause-counting instrument: construction, counting mechanics, signal types, price-volume integration, application across all phases, false reading identification, and contribution to the Nine Tests. Covers: First Principles: What Figure Char
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Level 5 - Campaign Reading: Course Index
All posts in Level 5 - Campaign Reading. Understanding what the large operator is doing and where they are in their campaign - the synthesis of all Level 4 met…
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Campaign Mechanics
The full operational plan of a large campaign: accumulation mechanics, mark-up mechanics, distribution mechanics, mark-down mechanics. Covers: What Campaign Mechanics Describes; The Law It Embodies; Context in the Analytical Hierarchy; Pre-Campaign Assessment: The Operator's Planning Process.
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Absorption Detection
Detecting whether supply within a trading range is being absorbed (accumulation) or refreshed (distribution) — a high-skill vertical chart diagnostic that the figure chart alone cannot resolve. Covers: Why the Figure Chart Cannot Resolve Absorption; What Absorption Requires: The Demand-Side Logic; D
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Stock Selection and the Position Sheet
Selecting which issues to commit capital to through a hierarchical record of technical position ratings across the general market, industry groups, and individual stocks; the Position Sheet is the analyst's operational roster. Covers: The Core Problem: Too Many Stocks, Too Little Time; Two Methods o