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A stock chart shows a 'low-volume test' at $38.50. The practitioner waits 3 bars and sees the price at $37.90.
By shorting at this point, what principle of VSA is being applied?
- The negative response to a positive signal as a confirmation of dominant weakness.
- The principle of 'effort versus result' applied directly to a single down-bar.
- The 'shake-out' idea, where the trader expects one more sharp plunge lower first.
- Relative strength analysis, comparing the stock's decline to its parent sector index over time.
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