hard · Volume Spread Analysis effort-vs-result-spread
A stock breaks out of an accumulation zone following a spring. As it approaches an old resistance area from six months ago, volume increases significantly, but the spread narrows and the price closes in the middle of the bar.
What should the practitioner conclude?
- This is an 'effort versus result' failure, signaling the breakout is a bull trap, so the practitioner should short the stock immediately here.
- The narrow spread shows that market-makers are quietly bullish, marking the price up in small increments so as to avoid attracting retail attention too soon.
- The high volume marks a genuine buying climax, signaling that the mark-up phase has ended and that a fresh distribution campaign is about to begin very shortly after.
- This is 'supply coming in' from locked-in traders at the old resistance; the professional is absorbing this supply, and a low-volume test is now required.
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