hard · Volume Price Analysis vpa-core
A trader monitors the S&P 500 on a 610-tick chart. They see a sequence where candles form every 5-10 seconds for 2 minutes, then slow down to one candle every 2 minutes.
What does the visual speed of the tick chart reveal?
- The market has transitioned from a high-activity state (institutional participation) to a low-activity state (retail drifting).
- Market makers have deliberately widened the bid-ask spread in order to discourage further executed transaction volume.
- A short squeeze has just ended, and insiders are now quietly beginning to accumulate more shares on unusually low volume.
- The Volume at Price Point of Control level has finally been reached, causing the price to stall and consolidate sideways for the time being.
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