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Interesting confluence: Today (Aug 2 2019) an interesting confluence. The market corrected back down to the last intermediate swing low on June 26 (horizontal blue line at 14.50 level), which also is the date I started the long-term Swing Low Vwap (blue dotted line in chart around 2970 level). Note how that line is at the same level as the yellow dotted line...

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This 30 min chart provides a very clear example of why the closing VWAP price is well worth putting up on today's chart. Also, in this example, the level from the day before is also shown. The market today made a very fast rebound from new move lows to get back up to those levels before selling off slightly before the close. Also note that these two previous...

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This indicator graphically displays the results of simple coding which assigns a value to various simple patterns (close > previous bar close, close > open, higher high, reversal, doji, close at high of bar or at low of bar, 25% bull or bear tails, etc.). The intention behind it was to give an instant graphical representation of each bar one bar at a time to help...

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Thanks to Golgistain who wrote Pivot Point H/L which is the basis of the following. An indicator which provides simple information, namely: a) the distance in points between last swing low and swing high, shown below 0 for low swings and above 0 for high swings, blues for lows, yellows for highs, the circles plotted at bottom (blue) and top (orange). b) the...

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On my trading chart (2 mins) I just exited when the POC changed, rather than hold my short for more profits to the older POC. (Snap picture to follow). I submit this as an idea on the 15 min chart even though I don't use it, however you can see that the current bar is having a big upmove. It started off going down, then the POC changed intrabar and now it is in...

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Two types on this chart: Type A VWAP : action just passed placed order to sell at the Vwap, filled with minimal heat, then PT of 1.5 pts (or the equivalent of futures contract, i.e. $150.00 for 1000 shares of this instrument) hit in a couple of minutes, which is the expected outcome of a pullback trade like this, i.e. it's a quick hit and PT (usually PT is 1 pt...

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The original market profile was developed mainly using 30 minute intraday charts. However, I find that volume profile is very helpful in shorter timeframes, though I cannot post them here as ideas (though lower down I will as a comment with snapshot). Here I have changed the Value Area from the default 70 to 38.2, which I find creates a channel around the POC...

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I very much like the Ichimoku approach but don't like all the lines on the chart so usually only use the Clouds. Here is one way to keep track of one aspect of the Ichi method without the chart clutter, namely these paint bars calculated as follows: The 9 bar donchian > 26 bar donchian = up color; The 9 bar donchian < 26 bar donchian = down color; The 9 bar...

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SPY: Using the VP for the range of the recent upmove on a 30 min chart, the Developing POC (point of control, i.e. price where most volume has occured) is at 236.50 (ish). The market has sold below my Collective Moving Average with bands, and although it made one probe, has not yet filled a gap from the 27th high, made on the morning after the big Trump speech....

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This is a dynamic pattern which plays out differently every time but has clear rules to identify. It is helpful in gauging strength of new breakout beyond identified support/resistance (indicator line, prior swing high/low etc.), and weakness. Specifically, failure on the part of closing price to confirm any intraday penetration is significant, indicating a false,...

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Vwap is magenta circles. This short-term chart still shows a few days action. I have market with arrows and ellipses the areas to pay attention to. The first one on the day before Feb 1st large gap open. Not just a gap open, but also note that the price closed way above the marked vwap. Sure enough, within several hours after the high open on Feb 1st, the market...

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The volume weighted average price, followed by most professional floor trader types, can be used in many ways. It is often a pullback level; after gap openings it is often a place that a retracement will, at some point that day or the next, retrace to. But I find it is a good simple trend indicator. Look at the chart here from 30 Jan to Feb 1. You have the...

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1 min chart scaling in 1, 1, 2, 4 contracts. 10 minute approach: +10 Emins points.

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This is a picture of today's action. Of course not always like this, but look how often the levels and time indicated by the clouds came into play. Neat.

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Mkt oversold short term. Look for basic pattern at lower band to enter long with expected rally to the vwap for daytrade.

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Buy long on first bar break to upside with target just below yesterday's low (additional units could hold for return to yesterday's Vwap. This is a strong down move and LT charts show lower potential, so the idea here is a quick scalp for the daily target of .4 points (equivalent to 4 SP points)

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I (very clumsily) wrote a script here which draws envelopes around the VWAP which I prefer over MA's etc. There are two types, the first is Points-based. On this chart .15 points draws a fairly narrow band around the VWAP and I used it just to give an idea of whether it's a narrow-range day or not. The main one is the VWAP% Env, which I have defaulted to .001382,...

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Longer-term, a .618 correction to Major Volume Support as shown by the Volume histogram in the selected data series (gold background and histogram on left) to the 139.50 level. ( THis is also a .382 correction using Weekly chart but hard to see, the light green line stretching out to left at same 137-9 level to left of chart). Before that low is the 165-168...