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Volatility Contraction Pattern (VCP) as laid out by @markminervini is a contraction in price and volume of a security in its simplest meaning.
Some people think that making a few curves makes a VCP. This idea of VCP is so wrong that the pattern loses it's true essence.
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Allow me to explain -
A VCP is not a holy-grail pattern. A VCP has the same characteristics to a Cup & Handle, Inverse H&S, Triangles, Rectangles, among many others.
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The two main components of the VCP are:
(a) #Volatility - When a market experiences periods of sharp price movements. Can on the upside and downside both.
(b) #Volume - The number of shares of a security traded between its daily open and close.
4/ One key thing to look for is to make sure volatility contracts from left to right.
Here is an example of #Mindteck I shared a few weeks back:
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The 1st important thing is to identify the reduction of price depths from left to right.
If you look at the above example of #Mindteck you can see that it looks like a box inside a bigger box inside another bigger box.
This is a classic '๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง' in action.
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The 2nd important thing to spot is the volume. Look for reduction in volume when price is falling, and increase in volume when price is again trying to rise upwards.
This example of #BSE is also helpful:
7/ Look at this chart of #SandurManganese.
Volume is very low during this current consolidation. Expecting a bullish move in this above 2016. Buy when the price breaks the high of the extreme right box, keeping a SL at the low of the box.
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The key takeaway from this thread is to teach everyone that all price patterns at its core is nothing but a measure to gauge the demand and supply of a security. Price and Volume play an important role.
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VCP is an effective method because it deals with the supply and demand of a stock. You'll always follow the footprints of smart money if you follow this, because this is reactive technical analysis not predictive.
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(How I took the trade in #BIRLASOFT, and how I'll be managing the trade now)
1/ Price was stuck in a range for a long time after a good advance. Now, when I saw the chart for the first time I thought that maybe distribution was going on, in the overall context of the trend.
But, upon closer look I found something interesting.
2/ Look at the price and volume relationship, whenever price was heading higher, volumes were mostly above average.
Now, I was beginning to think that maybe it was not a distribution phase, but re-accumulation.
1/ One of the most important aspect of making it big as a trader is to learn the art of 'betting big'. Virtually every single superstar trader/investor we have heard of has at some point of time in their careers bet big on their best ideas.
2/ What do George Soros, William O'Neil, Warren Buffett, Paul Tudor Jones, Jesse Livermore, Bruce Kovner, and @markminervini have in common? They all knew and practiced the art of the big bet. They are/were masters of the big bet-in respect to betting big on their best ideas.
1/ A trading journal is a log of all your trading activities.
Now this begs the question, why journal your trades?
โ A journal helps you to monitor both the performance of your trading system and your ability to execute it with consistency.
2/ When kept right, your trading journal becomes an invaluable reference manual that can help you recall both what youโve done right and what youโve done wrong in the past, thus keeping you on the right track moving forward and preventing the same mistakes again in the future.
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Dow Theory was introduced to the world by Charles H. Dow, who also founded the Dow-Jones financial news service (Wall Street Journal).
The Dow Theory forms an important part of technical analysis.
2/ The principles of Dow Theory help traders understand the market better and identify price and volume movements accurately. The Dow Theory primarily helps traders identify market trends with great accuracy, so they can take advantage of potential price action points.
(1/18) In this thread, l'll try and talk about candlestick patterns, what they are, how they work, and why you donโt need to memorize any particular pattern to gauge the supply and demand of market.
(2/18) Itโs said that Japanese candlestick patterns originated from a Japanese rice trader called ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข during the 1700s. Later, this concept was introduced to the Western world by Steve Nison, in his book, 'Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques'.
STEP 1: Download the #TradingView application on your mobile phone, and login into your account. One thing to note is that the web version doesn't let you add multiple watchlists, but the mobile version does.
STEP 2: Open #TradingView on your mobile and add all the watchlists that I'll provide you with.
I have attached a sample video on how you can add different #watchlist with the mobile app.