hard · Volume Profile Analysis profile-shapes
A biotech stock forms a P-shape after a favorable trial announcement, with the POC sitting right at the pre-announcement resistance level and heavy volume building above it through the close. Three sessions later, price has drifted down to retest that same POC-turned-support level, but this time on noticeably lighter volume than the original session, and closes the day right at the level without a clear reversal candle.
What is the most defensible conclusion about the strength of this support retest compared to the original P-shape's formation?
- Volume on the retest is not worth comparing to the original session's volume, since only the raw price level carries diagnostic value here
- The retest is automatically bullish confirmation, because any return to a former resistance-turned-support level always signals the level will hold
- The lighter volume and indecisive close mean the level is tested with less conviction than originally, so the outcome is genuinely uncertain
- The lighter volume proves institutional buyers have fully exited, so the level is now certain to fail and price is guaranteed to close below it next
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