The Wyckoff Methodology in Depth How to Trade Financial Markets Logically di Rub

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*black and white edition. for a better study of the charts, it is recommended to purchase the color version.

What is the Wyckoff Methodology?

It is a Technical Analysis approach based on the study of supply and demand; that is, on the continuous interaction between buyers and sellers.

The approach is simple: when well-informed traders want to buy or sell, they carry out processes that leave their traces on the chart through price and volume.

The Wyckoff Methodology tries to identify that professional intervention to try to elucidate who is most likely to be in control of the market and enable us to pose judicious scenarios of where the price is most likely to go.

Why should you study this methodology, and why this book?

▶ Unique theoretical conceptual framework

This is the cornerstone of the methodology, which makes it stand above any other form of technical analysis; and that is because it is the only one that informs us about what is really happening in the market in a logical manner.

This approach is based on a real underlying logic through its 3 fundamental laws:

1. Law of Supply and Demand. It is the true engine of the market. You will learn to analyze the traces left by the interactions between the major traders.
2. Law of Cause and Effect. The idea is that something cannot happen out of the blue; that for the price to develop a trend movement (effect) it must first have built a cause previously.
3. Law of Effort and Result. It is about analyzing price and volume in comparative terms to conclude whether the market actions denote harmony or divergence.

It is a universal analysis approach, where its reading is applicable to any financial market and over any time frame.

It is recommended to analyze centralized markets such as stocks and futures where volume is genuine and representative; as well as assets with sufficient liquidity in order to avoid possible manipulation maneuvers.

▶ Price and volume analytical tools

We will understand that markets do not move in a straight line but in waves of varying degrees, which create trends and ranges.

We will learn to also assess the health of the trend with the most useful analyses of price action (velocity, projection, depth) and gain much more valuable insight into the use of trend lines.

▶ It provides context and roadmap

Thanks to the accumulation and distribution schemes we will be able to identify the professional's participation as well as the general market sentiment up to the present moment, enabling us to pose truly objective scenarios.

The Events and Phases are unique elements of the methodology and help us to guide the development of the structures. This puts us in a position of what to expect the price to do following the occurrence of each of them, giving us a roadmap to follow at all times.

▶ It determines high probability trading zones

The Methodology provides us with the exact zones on which we will act, as well as examples of triggers to enter the market, making it as easy as possible to know where to look for trades.

In addition, the book includes a section on position management where different configurations for setting stop losses and taking targets are discussed.

Finally, we include a section of case studies where we analyze real market examples in different assets and time frames.

I sincerely hope you enjoy it and find it valuable.