The C pattern

Your looking at last weeks trading profile and then the first three days of Thanksgiving week.You can see the high Volume up at 1197 and then down at the 1176 area....these are so far the key areas to monitor.....You can use your imagination and draw the letter "C" from the 1197 number down to the 1176 number...these lower volume areas tend to fill in over time like they did on Mon, Tues and Wednesday.

On Wednesday we had a 10 to 1 up volume day and 5 to 1 lead of advancers to decliners. Unfortunately it was lower volume , holiday trade. The point is that I'd be cautious of any higher trading over the holiday. We usually don't see very strong follow through in the RTH session following such a strong day. So if we happen to gap higher in the shortened session on Friday then fades SHOULD be a good wager.

here is how we look when I merge all that data together....look at that low volume in the 82 - 87 area.....86.50 was an interesting spot as they just don't want to spend time at that PARTICULAR price...strange but true

Here's what I've got as PASR, shown on a 30-minute chart, coming into Friday. Blue lines potential signif S/R ... Magenta semi-signif ... Whitish dashed lines Wkly Pvt levels. This is my ES "map" that I'm looking at ... hopefully complementing Bruce and other's MP and Volume Profile observations. Hope it's helpful in some way! Turkey for breakfast in the morning ... ugh! I'm currently swollen up bigger than a dog tick from todays feastings.

Here's what I've got with TradeStation on a Weekly Volume Profile (wasn't trying to muddy up the water with the prior posted chart of PASR levels). Drew in the "C's" that I think Bruce was alluding to, but with what I've got on the TS Weekly chart ... focus on this week and last week. The PASR chart can simply be used as an additional tool to dovetail into the auction marketing and patterns displayed on what's been posted so far on the thread. And anyone ... (Bruce or others) correct me if I'm wrong or if something seems askew!

You got it MM...thanks for drawing that in...now lets see it fill in a bit more

Patterns like these show the value of using market profile charts.

The "C" profile pattern is also called a double distribution pattern.

The low volume zone you identified is what really jumps off the charts to me. So far the 1130 low volume zone seems to holding as support on these little tests down.

What I find interesting is the high volume level on your charts lines up on the 50% retracement (1198.00) of the initial down move (1224.75 to 1171.00). Taking this observation one step further, a break down out of this ABC setup forms a very nice AB=CD pattern with point "D" targets at 1148.00 (100%), 1133.75 (127.2) and the 1.618 fib extension at 1115.50.

nobody on 89.50 today////YET !!!! ( air pocket)...the hour breakout folks will go for that node at 94.50 and 96.50...This is still one big consolidation so trade it as such...remember the early close gives you less time to make up for bad trades today

89 area also includes the midrange today...Tail forming at 60 minute close

starting 92 shorts....I know they see that 94 - 96 above. That is a concern...will watch IB high if they run it out

there we go...can't expect much from here so anything that drops is a bonus...they have rejected low volume area from Wednesdays trade..

I have one contract left to try for that 86.75......that is critical number

1190 appears to be an interesting area. Should Pull some bulls in

here is the breakout up from the "C" pattern...I was expecting this to happen on the downside....so I was completely fooled by these last two days of trading....almost seems depressing to me.....lessons from the market are tough on the ego sometimes.....I'm not sure if posting ones thoughts and trades makes it worse ....but so far the market has spoken and the current direction is up..


With that said I STILL have an uneasy feeling about this rally...something seems a bit off....perhaps it's me who is off.