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Digest fr_209-240 (La Méthodologie Wyckoff en Profondeur, book pp. 199-230; end of Part 7 trade management, Part 8 case studies, appendices)

Page tags below are book page numbers (pdf p209 = book 199).

1. CONCEPTS

  • Order types (p199): Limit orders = enter passively against the move (counter-trend). Buy side/sell side lists: Sell Limit, Sell Market, Sell Stop (and mirrored buy). Author: quantify the entry threshold; each entry method performs differently; backtest robustly to compare entry methods objectively.
  • Stop Loss (p200): placed where, if hit, the proposed scenario is invalidated.
  • Trailing stop (p203): moving the stop in our favour as price advances.
  • Liquidity zones (zonas de liquidez, p206-208): price rotations, previous highs and lows; always many pending orders there, so price is drawn to them. Structure examples: lows of Selling Climax (accumulative structures) and of Automatic Reaction (distributive); highs of Buying Climax and Automatic Rally. Also earlier liquidity zones independent of structures, on own timeframe and higher ones.
  • Volume Profile (p208): volume traded per price level; profile types session, range, composite. Levels: VPOC (Volume Point Of Control) = most-traded level, price of greatest buyer/seller acceptance, exerts magnetism; naked VPOC = old VPOC not retested. VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price) = institutional reference with many pending orders, acts as price magnet; choose the period matching the trading horizon (session VWAP for intraday; weekly and monthly VWAP are the highest-reference levels). Other levels: High/Low Volume Node, Value Area High/Low (less important).
  • Buying Exhaustion (p212, 214): up-move ends WITHOUT a volume spike identifying a climax event (no BC volume). Cause (p214): if longs were aggressively liquidated earlier (strong volume at Preliminary Supply), the subsequent rally to highs happens on low volume.
  • Weis Wave: wave-volume indicator used to show momentum shifts and CHoCH (Change of Character).
  • Fractality (p224): same structures on all timeframes (15-min AUD/USD example); structure slope (slightly rising schematic) shows underlying strength vs weakness.
  • Appendix 1 Effort/Result (harmony vs divergence) table, Appendix 2 trade-opportunity table: see FIGURES.

2. RULES

Stop loss

  • R1 (p200): Stop goes beyond the opposite end of the SOS/SOW significant bar's direction AND beyond the whole scenario (opposite side of the scenario).
  • R2 (p200-201): Direct entry in the shakeout: Spring -> stop below the Spring low; Upthrust -> stop above the Upthrust high.
  • R3 (p201): Entry on the shakeout test: two options: beyond the significant bar (SOS bar for Spring test -> below SOS bar; SOW bar for Upthrust test -> above it) OR beyond the whole shakeout extreme (below Spring minimum / above Upthrust maximum).
  • R4 (p202): Entries with a minor structure: stop at end of the whole scenario: minor re-accumulation -> below the structure's minimum; minor redistribution -> above the structure's maximum.
  • R5 (p203): Entry on breakout test: Back-up/LPS (BUEC/LPS, after upside break) -> stop below the SOS bar AND below the broken Creek. After downside break (FTI/LPSY) -> stop above the SOW bar AND above the broken Ice.
  • R6 (p203-204): Trailing stop: author mostly does NOT use it; leaves little room, stops get hit easily. Test/quantify whether it improves performance. Take profit
  • R7 (p204): Point-and-figure targets are no longer used (market structure changed); use other methods.
  • R8 (p204): Climactic bar evidence (Buying Climax / Selling Climax with large range, speed, volume): exit or at least reduce. Climactic volume at a market extreme is sufficient reason to leave the position. Useful when there is no price action to the left (extremes) = "blind" territory; listen to price and volume.
  • R9 (p205-206): After the previous trend stops via Phase A: development of the first four Phase A events (PSY/PS, BC/SC, AR, ST) is enough to conclude the trend ended -> close the position (trend could resume, unknowable, so take profit). New structure should develop within the timeframe in which the previous structure was identified; use significant-bar and movement-reversal concepts to confirm those events.
  • R10 (p206-208): Targets at liquidity zones (SC lows / AR lows in distribution; BC highs / AR highs; prior swing highs/lows on own and higher timeframes). Best use: identify liquidity zones on the SHORTEST timeframes, set as targets, then use developing structures to enter with those levels in mind. Targets must adapt: if a nearer new liquidity zone forms during the move, account for it (pull target in).
  • R11 (p208-209): Targets at Volume Profile levels: VPOC of previous sessions, current session, naked VPOCs; VWAP (session/weekly/monthly). These zones are also to be used for entries and stop location, not only targets.
  • R12 (p209): Example confluence short: potential LPSY after bearish break of structure; in the appropriate context (zone) the trigger candle (SOW bar) has its upper range reach a volume level (VPOC/VWAP) showing rejection of further rise; enter at end of that bearish wing; stop above the SOW bar, above the broken Ice and above the rejected volume level; target: any option listed above. Context/execution
  • R13 (p211, 219): Analyse on centralised markets so volume data is authentic (author used TradingView). Unusual structures: do not label to the millimetre; the key is to judge the structure as accumulation/distribution and find the trade side.
  • R14 (p219, case BTC): Always determine where the FINAL imbalance occurs; with an overall ascending accumulation, keep favouring buys until a similar distribution structure develops (even if Phase E shows loss of momentum on lower volume).

3. FIGURES

  • p206 (Phase A take profit schematic): two mirrored sketches. Accumulation-side labels in order: PSY/Buying Climax -> ... The picture shows an uptrend ending: Buying Climax, Automatic Reaction, Secondary Test (Phase A of distribution) = place to take long profit; the reverse: Selling Climax, Automatic Rally, Secondary Test, then Spring, Sign of Strength, Last Point of Support, Change of Character = Phase A of accumulation = take profit on shorts after downtrend. Bar 4 events complete the exit signal.
  • p200-203 stop figures (text-described): Spring direct entry: SOS bar in potential Spring position, stop below Spring low. Spring test: stop below the Spring minimum or below the SOS bar. Minor re-accumulation: stop below structure minimum. BUEC/LPS after upside break: stop below SOS bar and below Creek.
  • p211 BTC-like chart ("unusual structure", small altcoin /BTC weekly, Jul 2019-Mar 2020): labels st, ar, "local accumulation", "as spring?", Creek, SOS; shows an ill-labelled range that is nevertheless readable as accumulation with long entry at the marked point.
  • p212-213 S&P500 weekly re-accumulation with shakeout: PS/up move ends w/o volume spike (Buying Exhaustion) -> AR + ST ends Phase A -> Phase B: test of highs (Upthrust Action) with volume decreasing generally (absorption) -> Phase C Shakeout on relatively high volume -> strong rally, retest of highs without breaking (minor SOS) -> small drop (LPS) -> second attempt breaks (Major SOS) -> LPS test confirms re-accumulation -> Phase E trend with DECREASING volume (explained: no supply, very low demand lets buyers lift price).
  • p214-215 GBP/USD 8h re-accumulation, no shakeout: strong volume at Preliminary Supply then Buying Exhaustion; volume falls from PSY volume peak through to LPS (absorption); volume in down waves shrinks (selling momentum loss); Phase D: volume rises, Weis waves flip to dominantly bullish; structure volume profile (anchored right) VPOC acts as support producing the LPS; after Jump Across the Creek, minor re-accumulation Back Up to the Edge of the Creek on clearly declining volume (sellers uninterested); huge bullish gap (BREXIT negotiations) as effect of the cause; big players use fundamental events.
  • p216-217 EUR/USD distribution, no shakeouts: Phase A stops uptrend; Phase B holds a smaller structure inside; minor UTAD (shakeout to relative highs in range) triggers downtrend of minor and major structures; structure VPOC acts as resistance during minor UTAD; after Major SOW a brief rebound (LPSY) confirms distribution; Phase E quickly falls out of range; overall volume stays high (distribution), Weis waves show weakening up-moves and strengthening down-moves, most visible late.
  • p218-219 BTCUSDT accumulation with minor shakeout as Phase C test: overall volume falls through four phases (absorption); the low test in Phase B labelled ST as SOW (could be read as Spring), but a true Spring is followed immediately by the break whereas here price sat mid-structure making a minor pattern interacting with VPOC; Phase C = Shakeout of minor lows inside that minor re-accumulation (LPS of main); shakeout triggers Major SOS almost immediately; BUEC confirms with a good SOS bar, Phase E begins; breakout rises with volume increase, pullback falls with volume decrease (harmony); Phase E new price high on lower volume = some momentum loss, not a reversal signal.
  • p220-221 Inditex 2h distribution with shakeout: BC with climactic volume -> AR (Weis Wave shows CHoCH) -> volume spikes at SOW and after UTAD; UTAD itself on relatively low volume (no interest at those prices); aggressive re-entry into range stopped at structure VPOC; another upside attempt blocked in the top zone of the BC maximum = LPSY-type "Last Point of Supply"; bearish gap shows seller aggression; Major SOW with new CHoCH (sellers); upward move on falling volume leaves LPSY at the lower part of structure, at the broken Ice at the AR low; then Phase E.
  • p222-223 Google full market cycle: distribution -> downtrend -> accumulation -> uptrend. Distribution Phase B test is weak (minor SOW), Phase C is a local upthrust to a relative high (buyers cannot even reach range top); after Major SOW, a minor redistribution whose upthrust only tests the broken Ice of the major structure. Accumulation: after Spring (Phase C) price fails to break the top first (minor SOS), pulls back, then "runs" to Jump Across the Creek (Evans Boy Scout analogy); after the break price returns to the zone and is refused re-entry twice (not re-entering the range) before trending.
  • p224-225 AUD/USD 15-min accumulation with minor structures: starts with minor redistribution at Preliminary Support, with slight upward slope (slope = strength); volume decreases in Phase B; true Spring + test as Phase C; after break, minor re-accumulation with shakeout reaching the breakout zone (BUEC); volume increases on impulses and decreases on corrections; in Phase E another minor re-accumulation with an Ordinary Shakeout continuing the rise.
  • p227 (App. 1, Effort/Result summary table, columns): Suggestion | Development of a candle | Next move | In development of moves | By waves | Reaching key levels.
    • Harmony: large volume + wide candle; next move: high volume on bullish candle that raises price; in the move: high volume in an impulse; waves: growing wave in an impulse; key level: high volume that breaks the level.
    • Harmony (reverse side): low volume + narrow candle; next: low volume on bearish candle that lowers price; in the move: low volume in a pullback (juego/retrace); waves: decreasing wave in a retracement; key level: low volume that does not break the level.
    • Divergence: large volume + narrow candle; next: high volume on bullish candle that does not raise price; in an impulse: high volume (waves: decreasing wave in an impulse); key level: high volume that does not break the level.
    • Divergence (other): low volume + wide candle; next: high volume on bearish candle that does not lower price; in a pullback low volume; waves: growing wave in a retracement; key level: low volume that breaks the level.
  • p228 (App. 2, trade-opportunity table, rotated, columns: Type | Phase C entries | Phase D | Phase E):
    • Buy: Phase C: entry in the shakeout = Spring #3; entry in shakeout test = test of Spring #1 and #2; entry at last point of support = LPS. Phase D: entry in trend move inside the range = Sign of Strength bar, minor re-accumulation structure, minor Spring; entry in breakout test = Last Point of Support, "No Supply" test bar. Phase E: entry in the trend move out of the range = Sign of Strength bar, minor re-accumulation structure, Ordinary Shakeout.
    • Sell: Phase C: Upthrust (no volume) as entry in shakeout; Upthrust test; Last Point of Supply. Phase D: Sign of Weakness bar, minor redistribution structure, minor Upthrust; breakout test = Last Point of Supply, "No Demand" test bar. Phase E: Sign of Weakness bar, minor redistribution structure, Ordinary Upthrust.

4. WARNINGS

  • Basic schematics are references only; no two structures are identical; market needs freedom; the method combines rigidity of events/phases with flexibility (p210).
  • Method is not just correctly labelling events; theory is a prerequisite to build judgement and scenario proposals; with experience, labelling every action becomes unnecessary (p210).
  • Do not analyse structures/events/phases to the millimetre like a robot (p211).
  • Shakeout-less structures are hard to trade since almost always at least a small shakeout is expected inside (p214).
  • Take-profit on climax/Phase A: trend might resume but cannot be known -> take profit (p205).
  • Trailing stops get hit easily (p204).
  • Volume analysis only reliable on centralised markets (p211).
  • Declining volume in Phase E trending is not necessarily a divergence (supply absence); weaker volume does not mean immediate reversal (p213, p219).

5. OPEN

  • No numeric stop buffers (ticks/ATR), no numeric risk or R-multiple targets; "beyond the scenario" left to judgement.
  • Which stop option (signal bar vs shakeout extreme) to use for shakeout tests: unspecified; to be backtested.
  • Which liquidity zone/VPOC/VWAP to choose when several; which timeframes ("shortest") undefined.
  • How many Phase A events (four) are enough, and timeframe matching of the new structure, subjective.
  • Spring vs "ST as SOW" classification (BTC case) declared minor; the rule is "where the final imbalance occurs".
  • "Slope of structure indicates strength" has no quantified threshold.
  • Appendix tables are rotated images; the harmony/divergence rows were read from the image and the wording of row 3-4 columns may be slightly off.
  • p236-240: thank-you note, bibliography (Brooks, Coulling, Weis, Díaz Valdecantos, Hutson, Pruden, Wyckoff Analytics, Wyckoff course etc.); no trading content.