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Wyckoff Deep Dive
The output vocabulary of Wyckoff analysis: every chart study must resolve to one of five positions — minor bullish, major bullish, minor bearish, major bearish, or neutral — before any trading decision can be made. Covers: The Five Positions: Core Definitions; Transitions Between Positions; Chart To
Wyckoff Deep Dive
All posts in Level 6 - Market Maneuvers. Named events at phase transition points.
Wyckoff Deep Dive
The opening sequence of accumulation: the climactic exhaustion of supply and the first confirmation that demand is absorbing it. Covers: Prerequisite Context; Sequence Overview; L6A-1: Preliminary Support (PS); L6A-2: Selling Climax (SC).
Wyckoff Deep Dive
Deliberate or panic-driven probes below accumulation support that flush weak holders and create the springboard condition for the advance. Covers: Prerequisite Context; The Shake-Out vs. Breakdown Problem; L6A-5: Ordinary Shake-Out; L6A-6: Terminal Shake-Out.
Wyckoff Deep Dive
The springboard is a brief lateral movement in a narrow range on drying volume - the coiled position just before the mark-up begins, placing the operator's fully-accumulated position for optimal launch. Covers: Prerequisite Context; Definition; Identification Signature; The Worked Examples.
Wyckoff Deep Dive
The SOS is the first proof that the advance has genuine engine power; the LPS is the last practical low-risk entry before the full mark-up begins. Covers: Prerequisite Context; L6A-9: Sign of Strength (SOS); L6A-10: Last Point of Support (LPS); Distinguishing SOS from LPS from Hypodermic Continuatio
Wyckoff Deep Dive
The opening sequence of distribution: the climactic exhaustion of demand and the first confirmation that supply is absorbing what remains. Covers: Prerequisite Context; Sequence Overview; L6B-1: Preliminary Supply; L6B-2: Buying Climax (BC).
Wyckoff Deep Dive
Deliberate or speculative probes above the distribution resistance that fail to hold, confirming supply and completing the trap for longs and short-coverers. Covers: Prerequisite Context; The Core Mechanism: The Trap; L6B-5: Up-Thrust (UT); L6B-6: Up-Thrust After Distribution.
Wyckoff Deep Dive
The SOW is the first proof that the decline has genuine engine power; the Last Point of Supply is the last practical high-quality short entry before the full mark-down begins. Covers: Prerequisite Context; L6B-7: Sign of Weakness (SOW); L6B-8: Last Point of Supply; The Sequence in Full.
Wyckoff Deep Dive
Four advanced pattern distinctions — Terminal Shake-Out, Thrust Movement, Diagonal Accumulation, and False Base — that function as quality filters above standard pattern recognition, targeting the specific failure modes of mechanical reading. Covers: Refinement 1 -- Terminal Shake-Out (L6-R.1); Refi
Wyckoff Deep Dive
All posts in Level 7 - Phase Structures. The complete multi-event formations: Accumulation, Mark-Up, Re-Accumulation, Distribution, Mark-Down, and Re-Distributio…
Wyckoff Deep Dive
Phase I of the market cycle: the quiet acquisition of a large stock line at the lowest possible average price, absorbing all available supply and transferring ownership from weak uninformed hands to strong informed hands. Covers: First Principles - What Accumulation Is; The Physics of Accumulation -