medium · Volume Price Analysis
A narrow-spread down candle appears on a 5-minute chart with volume that is 3.5x the average. This occurs immediately after a sharp price waterfall.
What is the institutional mechanic at play?
- A 'No Supply' test confirming that all sellers have abandoned the market at this level.
- A bearish validation candle confirming that the downward momentum is now accelerating sharply.
- Absorption of retail selling by insiders, identifying the early stages of an accumulation phase.
- A bearish 'trap down' engineered by insiders to trigger buy-stops before the final markdown leg begins.
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