MARKETCOLOR PROFILE Technical indicator analysis by design is lagging. It is always looking backward and “waiting” for the last price to determine a signal. This is an important point, as all technical indicator analysis should be looked at as a foundation for an opportunity rather than a signal for one. Opportunities must be anticipated. Sample Profile […]
R LEVEL The PriceMap defines the price structure of the market state by identifying the sentiment bias for the trade period. It is the specific price point where shifts in state occur and where increased levels of liquidity can be anticipated to offer the most consistency. The R LEVEL represents the equilibrium level within the PriceMap structure. […]
MARKET STATE TRANSITION A market STATE condition as a definition does not change and is the same from day to day or from market to market regardless of asset class. A BULL TREND STATE will always be classified as a trending market that has positive higher move high higher move low structure. That is the […]
The EDGE in discretionary trading comes in your ability to make intuitive decisions. It is the fluid execution of a trade plan with no hesitation or 2nd thought. The ability to trade “in the zone” comes from awareness of the current market state condition and getting “in sync” with its attributes and nuances. Awareness increases […]
The trading landscape is dominated by massive funds at one end who trade once a day against the VWAP and quantitative traders at the other who define their strategies in milliseconds. Technical traders struggle, getting chopped up by the algos and run over by the funds. Identifying the structure of this landscape is what JSServices […]
