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Smart Volume Analysis Catalyst Signals, EOM and A Sneak Peek At A New Module

A quick chart showing some Catalyst signals (Stronger Signals That tend to precede bigger moves on longer time frames)  Using EOM (Proprietary Target System) on these alone and you could pretty much retire.

As a bonus I have a test version of a future module (The Smart Visual Advisor)

Smart Volume Analysis Software - Catalyst Signals For Quick EOM Trades

Smart Volume Analysis Software – Catalyst Signals For Quick EOM Trades

There are many catalyst signals (Live Doc coming soon) this screenshot highlights just two of them.  They happen to be my favorites.

1. Catalyst Signal (Smart Upthrust)

2. Catalyst Signal (Smart Reverse Upthrust) With Additional Smart Visual Advisor Blue Bar (No warnings that I filter for appear)

For more information or if you have any questions about SMART Volume Analysis (SVA) and Smart Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) the methods, or our Software (Smart Trader) please visit the following link

Smart Trader VSA (Volume Spread Analysis) Software you can also visit our Live and Free VSA (Volume Spread Analysis) Chat, Trading Rooms, and our other free volume spread analysis resource sites (linked below) to learn more.
For information on our real time, volume based trading alerts, Click here.
Good luck trading and see you in the chat (Links below).

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To our friends and clients in the Philippines we hope that you are okay, and please, stay safe.

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Smart Volume Spread Analysis Software’s Proprietary Target Concept Easily Nets 318+ Pips on 8 Trades (All Winners) Over A Couple of Hours

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Smart Volume Analysis is a superior form of Volume Analysis not just because our UI, methods, and our signals are easier to read, follow, and more precise but also because we provide a full suite of proprietary tools based on my Logic Based Trading Initiatives such as our “Smart Advisor” module that help you easily identify and profit from fast changing markets.  One such tool/concept is my EOM (Expectation of Movement) concept and more importantly the “Safe” EOM profit target used in our popular Four Step Method.

The EOM concept is proprietary to our products so I cannot divulge too much here but essentially it gives realistic profit targets based on a given market situation using Smart Volume Analysis.

The following screenshots were all taken at the same time from charts that I watch for our Traderelayer Smart Volume Analysis Alert service.  Only charts with signals and therefore EOM’s are shown.  All charts are the 4 hour timeframe and all (except one) hit the target well before the bar was over.  Each trade was very quickly “Done and dusted” as we like to say for a combined total of 318 pips.

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Smart Volume Analysis Proprietary Target Concept (EOM):

Our EOM Concept makes it possible to assign realistic targets tailored for each chart, signal, and timeframe. It’s a bit more complex than that behind the scenes but you see the end result which is a target that has a very high percentage win rate for the current signal.

Without giving away too much… Even when a trade appears to have failed we see that in the trade bars range it hits our targeted EOM nearly every time.

Combined total for all trades (8) referenced in this article is +68 on Forex and $250 on ES (Emini) for a combined total of 318 pips @ $1 per pip.

For more information on our concepts, software, and proprietary Smart Volume Analysis and logic based trading initiatives, visit us at our website: http://www.smartvsa.com

If you have any questions about SMART Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) the methods, or our Software please visit the following link

Smart Trader VSA (Volume Spread Analysis) Software you can also visit our Live and Free VSA (Volume Spread Analysis) Chat, Trading Rooms, and our other free volume spread analysis resource sites (linked below) to learn more.
For information on our real time, volume based trading alerts, Click here.
Good luck trading and see you in the chat (Links below).
Live Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) Trading Rooms, Chat, and Seminars:
Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) Social Networking Sites:
If you have any questions regarding Smart VSA or our software please visit our website (http://www.smartvsa.com) and submit a ticket using the support or contact link.
Thanks and see you in the chat.
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News Trading Using Smart Volume Analysis Software – ECB Rate Cut November 2013 – 300+ Pips (Smart VSA)

News Trading Using Smart Volume Analysis and Our Smart Trader VSA Software – ECB Rate Cut November 2013 – 300+ Pips

I meant to post this earlier (I discussed the trades a bit on the free Smart Trader usergroup at the time) but I ended up crashing out.

I often say Smart Volume Analysis “prepositions” for news well ahead of the news, and what the likely direction will be based on what the Volume is showing.  Normally you would drill down as news aproaches if signals on various time frames conflict.  Sometimes there is no need and the setups are fairly obvious like we had with the ECB news.

 

Two trades are shown.  EURUSD and also USDCHF (Which is inversely correlated to the EURUSD)

Here are the screens as they were unfolding after the cut and the indications of direction prior to the news.

Enjoy.

News Trading Using Smart Volume Analysis - ECB Rate Cut - November 2013 EURUSD 001 News TRading Using Smart Volume Analysis - ECB Rate Cut - November 2013 USDCHF 001

**The screenshots include annotations on the chart so click for the full size version.

 

For more information on our concepts, software, and proprietary Smart Volume Analysis and logic based trading initiatives, visit us at our website: http://www.smartvsa.com

If you have any questions about SMART Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) the methods, or our Software please visit the following link

Smart Trader VSA (Volume Spread Analysis) Software you can also visit our Live and Free VSA (Volume Spread Analysis) Chat, Trading Rooms, and our other free volume spread analysis resource sites (linked below) to learn more.
For information on our real time, volume based trading alerts, Click here.
Good luck trading and see you in the chat (Links below).
Live Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) Trading Rooms, Chat, and Seminars:
Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) Social Networking Sites:
If you have any questions regarding Smart VSA or our software please visit our website (http://www.smartvsa.com) and submit a ticket using the support or contact link.
Thanks and see you in the chat.
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Smart Volume Analysis Can Be Used On Any Chart (Even Bitcoin)

Using Smart Trader Smart Volume Analysis Software to Trade Bitcoin

Using Smart Trader Smart Volume Analysis Software to Trade Bitcoin

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I always say you can apply the principals of Smart Volume Analysis on anything. Providing you have volume and price data you can use Smart to profit easily and consistently trading aberrations in the market, quite often before they occur.

Here is evidence of that. This is Smart running on a Bitcoin chart and as you can see the signals work as well as they do on any other “standard” charts. Following the normal method and using “catalyst” signals you could trade Bitcoin just as easily and profitably as you trade the EURUSD, or Apple etc.

This is an hourly chart it looks even better on the longer timeframes as you would expect.

As always if you have any questions visit us at: http://www.smartvsa.com
For more information or if you have any questions about SMART Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) the methods, or our Software please visit the following link

Smart Trader VSA (Volume Spread Analysis) Software you can also visit our Live and Free VSA (Volume Spread Analysis) Chat, Trading Rooms, and our other free volume spread analysis resource sites (linked below) to learn more.
For information on our real time, volume based trading alerts, Click here.
Good luck trading and see you in the chat (Links below).
Live Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) Trading Rooms, Chat, and Seminars:
Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) Social Networking Sites:
If you have any questions regarding Smart VSA or our software please visit our website (http://www.smartvsa.com) and submit a ticket using the support or contact link.
Thanks and see you in the chat.
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Huge Moves Easily Exploited Using Smart Volume Analysis

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here as much of our activity tends to be concentrated on the Free (for all) Usergroups and Pages (Linked below)

I hope you all had a great summer and now with the news regarding the US shutdown coming to an end things should start to pick up quite nicely.

Here is a quick screenshot detailing how to use “Catalyst” signals to easily predict when to enter and take advantage of much larger movements on longer time frames.  Before they occur!

As always if you have any questions please visit us on our website support system and let us know.

Thanks.
James

 

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Catalyst Signals on Daily Chart Using Smart Volume Analysis

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Huge moves easily “predicted” Smart Style.

Using just two excellent Smart Volume Signals on longer time frames (in conjunction with our proprietary Smart Advisor and our Background Scanners) you can see clearly when the big moves are likely to happen.

Signals used in example: Smart Upthrust and Smart Buying.

Using Smart Selling and Smart Reverse Upthrust and you can catch the moves the other way.

Each signal is a coded color so they are easy to identify and profit from.

Find out more at www.smartvsa.com

 

 

For more information or if you have any questions about SMART Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) the methods, or our Software please visit the following link

Smart Trader VSA (Volume Spread Analysis) Software you can also visit our Live and Free VSA (Volume Spread Analysis) Chat, Trading Rooms, and our other free volume spread analysis resource sites (linked below) to learn more.
For information on our real time, volume based trading alerts, Click here.
Good luck trading and see you in the chat (Links below).
Live Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) Trading Rooms, Chat, and Seminars:
Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) Social Networking Sites:
If you have any questions regarding Smart VSA or our software please visit our website (http://www.smartvsa.com) and submit a ticket using the support or contact link.
Thanks and see you in the chat.
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The Right Spot

Forgive the lack of posting here.  It is Summer and aside from not trading very much, we’ve been busy getting the trade alert service fixed up and ready for full launch.

Today I wanted to post a bot trade from Monday on the H4 chart.  It illustrates pretty well why a good signal in a great spot is worth waiting for… This seems obvious but so many clients fail to wait for the right set up and instead “chase trades”  They look for any reason to go with their “gut” even if a signal isn’t agreeing or in the right spot.

We have a large number of articles that deal with this topic on here and our “Live Docs” site but here’e the bot trade from yesterday.  The outcome was 180+ pips to the wash and new HVZ (using them as targets) of course it easily smashed the EOM if you were to use that.  Even going signal to signal as I often do it was a really nice ride (58).

NU Right Spot Location on RSO 180+ Pips

For more information or if you have any questions about SMART Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) the methods, or our Software please visit the following link

Smart Trader VSA (Volume Spread Analysis) Software you can also visit our Live and Free VSA (Volume Spread Analysis) Chat, Trading Rooms, and our other free volume spread analysis resource sites (linked below) to learn more.
For information on our real time, volume based trading alerts, Click here.
Good luck trading and see you in the chat (Links below).
Live Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) Trading Rooms, Chat, and Seminars:
Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) Social Networking Sites:
If you have any questions regarding Smart VSA or our software please visit our website (http://www.smartvsa.com) and submit a ticket using the support or contact link.
Thanks and see you in the chat.
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Smart User Interface Explained

Smart User Interface Explained (Includes the soon to be released Smart Volume Indicator)

Smart User Interface Explained

 

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1. MTF VBS Visual Background Scanner (Current Reading Smart Background For Each)
2. EOM Targets and Last Signal Name and Meaning
3. Smart Advisor (Seeks To Mimic How We Look At Signal Location And Other Factors)
4. Smart Volume Directional Bias Method (D1) Bar Weakness (Only Weakness Signals With No Warnings Are Taken)
5. Smart Volume Directional Bias Method (D1) Bar Neutral (Signals With No Warnings Are Taken)
6. Smart Volume Directional Bias Method (D1) Bar Strength (Only Strength Signals With No Warnings Are Taken)
7. Smart Background (Alerts To Weakness or Strength in the Background)
8. Signal Bar (Referenced in EOM Section #2)
9. Trade Bar (This Trade Was Fine Using Four Step and Directional Method)

If you have any questions please visit us on our free usergroups or submit a ticket via our support link

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Updated

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Added new modules:

  • SMART Signal Module ND SO – Shakeout on no demand (dual colored bar)
  • SMART Signal Module NSP RSO – Reverse shakeout with no selling pressure (dual colored bar)
  • SMART Advanced Signal Module Golden Hamster
  • SMART Advanced Signal Module Franger (3 Bar Pattern)
  • SMART Advanced Signal Module Raincoat (3 bar pattern)

Renamed Signal Modules:

  • SMART Signal Module SMART No Buying Interest*
  • SMART Signal Module SMART No Demand*
  • SMART Signal Module SMART No Selling Pressure*
  • SMART Signal Module SMART Supply Test*

*Unconfirmed signals have been renamed to SMART <signal name>. All confirming logic has been removed from the modules (however they are still present in the dll). The only change other than the names is that SMART will now paint all prior unconfirmed signals as if LeaveUnconfirmed setting from previous version was set to true.

Added new Advisor warnings:

  • Shakeout with reduced demand
  • RSO with reduced selling pressure
  • Potential Smart Buying
  • Potential Smart Selling

Modifications and Optimizations:

  • SO and RSO now take precedence over no demand/nsp.
  • Advisor now warns for potential Smart Buying and Smart Selling patterns and the dual colored bars modules
  • Made changes to the two finger salute/fosters flop (smart selling/buying checks)
  • Smart buying/selling optimizations and Advisor warnings for UT’s and RUT’s that could potentially match.
  • Optimized Market Top
  • Optimized Bag Holding
  • Optimized Mount Fuji Fakeout
  • Updated Smart Zones MTF to be able to have multiple timeframe zones on the one chart (as per a request in G+).

Added new indicators:

  • SMART Wyckoff Wave*
  • SMART Wyckoff Wave Volume*

***NOTE: We do not provide any support for the Wyckoff Wave indicators, so use at your own risk. Mostly due to the fact we don’t know much about the subject. You may find more information under the topic Weis/Wyckoff Wave if you want to know more. We have only included these indicators as per customer requests.

 

 

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Volume Dead Zones And SMART VSA (Volume Spread Analysis)

Often people learning VSA or using our own Volume Spread Analysis Software SMART ask questions about trades that didn’t work out and why.  Obviously not everything is 100% but understanding an often overlooked and simple concept (Dead Zones) can have a dramatic effect on your Volume Spread Analysis and nine times out of ten is why a pattern (even very strong ones) fail. 

Take a look at the following chart (used earlier as well to identify hidden selling and hidden buying) for some quick examples.  (If you use SMART simply scroll back through your charts and looks for these dead zones and how the smart signal behave in those areas)

 

Volume Dead Zones And SMART VSA (Volume Spread Analysis)

 

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VSA Dead Zones And How To Interpret Signals Ouside and Within These Areas:

 

A Dead Zone is any area on your chart where volume is significantly below normal or below average.

 

Volume Spread Analysis and SMART VSA patterns should be used with caution within these areas.

 

0. Various VSA Signals Both Inside and Outside of Dead Zones

 

1. SMART Blue Bar (Reverse Upthrust – Strength) The signals happens within a dead zone and you can see price meanders for quite a while (H1 Chart)  It does generally go in the direct you would expect but it takes a while for any significant movement.

 

2. SMART Orange Bar (Supply Coming In – Weakness) Here the signal happens outside of the dead zone area and you can see the expected movement as a result is much quicker.

 

3. This is the same signal as #1 (Strength) but happens during healthy volume.  You can clearly see the difference.

 

4. Advanced Spinning Rowboat as well as a standard Upthrust (Weakness) during a Healthy Volume Area.

 

You can see from the examples Volume Spread Analysis is a very powerful trading method but you must be aware of, and use caution trading in low volume (dead zone areas) if you want to trade VSA successfully.

 

A Dead Zone Module for SMART is planned for a future update as is our SMART Volume Module.

 

Please keep in mind SMART Trader itself is painting these bars which makes these patterns and setups much easier to spot and act on.
These patterns repeat themselves day in and day out and using SMART you can clearly see not only standard VSA signals but our advanced multibar SMART VSA patterns as well.
Trade setups are verified using our proprietary background scanners (included with the system).
For more information or if you have any questions about SMART Trader Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) Software please visit
SMART Trader at pipbuilders.com or visit our Live and Free VSA (Volume Spread Analysis) Chat and Trading Room at http://vsa.pipbuilders.com
Good luck trading and see you in the chat.

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