Advanced TA
Volume-based tools and dedicated concepts that complement base TA: where volume actually traded and what each candle hides.
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Supply & demand zones
Zones (not lines) price exploded away from: unfilled institutional orders remain there. Trade the return to the 'fresh' zone with a stop on the far side; each touch weakens it.
Volume Profile / Market Profile
A histogram of volume by PRICE (not time). The POC (most-traded price) attracts price; high-volume nodes slow it; low-volume nodes get crossed fast. Support/resistance based on facts, not drawing.
VWAP
The session's volume-weighted average price — the benchmark institutions use to grade their executions. Price above VWAP = buyers in control; pullbacks to VWAP are classic intraday entries.
Divergences (RSI / MACD)
Price makes a new extreme but the oscillator doesn't confirm: momentum is fading. Regular divergence warns of a reversal; hidden divergence, of continuation. Never a standalone signal — demand price confirmation.
Pivot points
Levels computed from yesterday's high, low and close (P, R1-R3, S1-S3). Because half the market watches them, they act as intraday magnets and brakes, especially in forex and indices.
VSA (Volume Spread Analysis)
Read each candle against its volume: huge volume with no price progress = professional absorption (possible turn); a breakout on thin volume = no conviction, suspect a trap.
Squeeze (Bollinger / Keltner)
When the Bollinger Bands slip inside the Keltner Channel, volatility is maximally compressed — it usually precedes an explosive move. It doesn't predict direction: wait for the break and join it.