#Market structure

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Market Structure Basics: Understanding Supply, Demand, and Price Action in Technical Analysis

Market structure forms the backbone of technical analysis in the stock market. Understanding how supply, demand, and price action interplay is crucial for making informed trading decisions. This article unpacks these concepts, explains how they shape market behavior, and provides actionable insights for traders. 1. What is Market Structure? Market structure refers to the framework or layout of…

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Business and Economics in Wonka (2023)

I was watching the 2023 Wonka movie last night, and I was struck by the idea that the chocolatiers working against Willy Wonka provide a great example of several business concepts that I remember studying. It’s not always easy to spot concepts like an oligopoly, price fixing, and artificial scarcity in real life; but Wonka provides us with an excellent fictional example to learn from. The three…

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Concerns Arise as SEI Token Bucks Market Volatility with a Bullish Trend

SEI's recent bullish trend stands out, especially considering the current volatility in the overall market. Altcoin Sherpa's analysis underscores the coin's robust market structure, showcasing consolidation that often precedes significant price movements. This consolidation hints at a persistent upward trend, particularly evident in high time frame (HTF) market structures. The coin's Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) add another layer of support, signaling a maturing trend and providing dynamic support levels for sustained growth.

Positive Signals and Market Dynamics

Traders are observing a bullish signal in SEI's ascent, with the coin showing strength alongside other alternative altcoins. The recent pump, however, raises questions about a potential 'exhaustion pump'—a last surge before a possible trend reversal. Altcoin Sherpa points to the broader market rotation, such as the shift from cryptocurrencies like SOL to Ethereum, suggesting a dynamic landscape that could impact SEI's trajectory.

Bollinger Bands and Candlestick Patterns

Technical indicators, including Bollinger Bands, suggest volatility in SEI's price movements. The proximity to the upper band, considered an overbought indicator, raises caution. Meanwhile, the candlestick pattern featuring recent white candles indicates closing prices outpacing openings, reinforcing the bullish sentiment. However, the looming resistance level, indicated by the upper dotted line, adds a layer of potential resistance to further gains.

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Sep 14, 2023. ETH. Short

Small but nice profit!

Price took buy-side liquidity and rejected from old 4h bearish OB. 4h candle closed inside previous candle's range.

On 1h price couldn't go higher and created bearish engulfment (almost BB, but that's enough for me to consider shorts)

Entry after MSB on 5m TF at 1:00. Limit order placed at 5m bearish OB. Risk = 0.53, RR = 1.18 (0.83 / 1.05)

Limit order filled at 1.00 (2m). DD - 3m. Trade duration - 1h. Price hit TP.

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Stock Market Analysis

Bull Market

1)- The market outlook is positive     

2)-The investors are optimistic with long positions & anticipations in security will lead higher prices.                                              

3)- The economy grows sustainably  as GDP provides key indication.                

4)- The job market in bullish market has great opportunities. Great income.                

5)- Positive Market breadth.              

6)- There is large liquidity flow in the market as great investment amount flows in the market.                                           

7)- IPO activities are encouraged.              

8)- Investment by foreign countries in the bullish country.                                      

9)- It encourages banking sector to reduce interest rates on loans so that business activities grow prompting expansionary policies by the Central Bank & the Government.          

10)- The yields on securities & dividend are low due to financial strength of the investors  & security received by others on investment made.

Bear Market

1)- The market outlook is negative.

2)-The investors are pessimistic with short positions & anticipations in security will lead lower prices.

3)- The growth in economy is not sustainable as GDP provides key indication.

4)- The job market in bearish market has lesser opportunities. Declining income.

5)-  Negative  Market breadth.

6)- There is scarcity of  liquidity flow in the market as no or meager amount of investment is done in the market.

7)- IPO activities are not great or not made. 

8 )- Investment by foreign counties are not encouraging. 

9)- The banking sector will curb the usage of money for emergency situation prompting contractionary policies by the highest authorities. The interest rates would be held stable or increased.

10)- The yields on securities & dividend would be very high due to fund requirement from the investors & Paying them higher yields on securities afterwards.

Recession-The period of general economic decline is usually defined as a contraction in the GDP for six months (two consecutive quarters) or longer. It is accompanied by high unemployment, stagnant wages, and fall in retail sales, a recession generally does not last longer than one year and is much milder than a depression. Although recessions are considered a normal part of a capitalist economy, there is no unanimity of economists on its causes.

Depression- A depression is a severe and prolonged downturn in economic activity. In economics, a depression is commonly defined as an extreme recession that lasts three or more years or leads to a decline in real gross domestic product (GDP) of at least 10 percent. In times of depression, consumer confidence and investments decrease, causing the economy to shut down. Economic factors that characterize a depression include:

Substantial increases in unemployment

A drop in available credit

Diminishing output

Bankruptcies

 Sovereign debt defaults

Reduced trade and commerce

Sustained volatility in currency values

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2025 reads / storygraph

Feast While You Can

horror/romance

follows a lesbian whose family has lived their small valley town for generations, and tell family stories of a demonic thing lurking in a pit in the caves

after a late night party telling stories in the caves, the thing awakens and connects itself to her, controlling, provoking, and feeding off her memories

the touch of her brother’s ex - who she has feelings for, and is back in town - is the only thing that repels it, but as they grow closer, the thing becomes more powerful, and they struggle to stop it from feasting on her entirely

butch LI

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experimented with switching from coffee to matcha yesterday. drank two matchas and experienced the most galaxy brained potentially unhinged potentially just massively inside baseball occult brainstorming session re: structure of the book in terms of style, substance, metafiction, and hypersigil.

today I get to drink one (1) matcha and see if the notes make any sense.

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… I thought maybe I could synthesise my nonstop grumbling about Andor into a cheeky little post with some actionable writing advice on how to not do that

whatever monstrosity I’m creating is rapidly becoming 25% burn book, 35% actually about writing and 40% manifesto

[supercantaloupe]

noshing on a mango sticky rice croissant from the farmers market this morning and i gotta say this whole is not greater than the sum of its parts

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Actually kind of tired of seeing people qualify shows as QL or queer coming-of-age instead of BL when they’re perceived to depict any aspect of the gay experience beyond two guys just falling in love.

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Sep 4, 2023. ETH. Long

Unfortunately SL, but there were reasons to enter a trade, and also reason to not enter it.

Price took sell-side liquidity and rejected from old 1h bullish OB. Price clearly closed above the 1h OB body on 30m and also closed above the NY level.

Price also made a 15m MSB with FVG, so I decided to put a limit order at 15m FVG. I put TP at the opposite NY level + FVG.

Entry at 18:30. Risk = 0.30, RR = 1 (1 / 1)

Limit order filled at 18:38 (8m). DD - 6m, 4m, 22m. Trade duration - 1h 23m. Price hit SL.

So I guess the main reason I got stopped out is that the price already tried to create a new HH on 1h TF but it couldn't make it. (It was 2nd test, and the OB already showed its weakness).

The other reason is that after I entered the trade and the 1h candle closed, it was below the body of the old 1h OB:

The price also was rejecting the NY lvl, not breaking above it. and not creating new HHs on 1m TF:

Another reason could be that on 15m TF there was a bullish MSB, but the FVG wasn't formed at break, but below it (I could wait for the next candle to close to see if there was an FVG inside it):

I should have close the trade before SL, due to these reasons.

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shots from simons flickr account

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when i took math courses in college, we did a lot of proofs. so how proofs work (I am simplifying this extremely because I am not really a 'math person'. i am just a girl who doesn't trust professors and wanted to take a lot of courses with completely objective grading criteria) - if a thing in math is always true, you write out a bunch of logical statements and construct an argument that shows the thing must always be true. but if you can come up with even one mathematically valid example where the thing stated in the proof doesn't have to be true, you can't prove the statement, because it's not always true. those were my favorite proof assignments because they were short. you write something like (hypothetically) 'I found a situation where 2+2 will equal 5 so i'm not socratically examining this thing for you it's fake' and turn it in and get an A. it's great

anyway this post is about fiction writing, because pretty much any time ever that I see someone confidently assert 'stories always have to do x thing!' (the key word is the always, or the never, or similarly absolutist phrasing) I can find a situation where a work didn't do that thing and it was wildly successful in any way you want to measure success. the thing stated in the proof doesn't have to be true. there is no proof.

There is no 'always' in any art form. There are things that are much more or less likely to be successful, but there are no mathematical proof equivalents. When I see people claiming there are, I usually get the impression that they are relatively new to the craft, and just discovered a new trick, and got excited about it, and that's wonderful!!! And whatever technique they're talking about is probably a really handy one, and they're worth listening to- to an extent. But now they're telling everyone to follow this important new rule they've just discovered. for every story. But that may not be the right choice for a myriad of reasons (an author may not want the effect that technique produces, that effect is achievable other ways, etc).

'Ackshully' some of you may say. 'I am a published author and I've been writing twenty years and' well you just told me (as a random example, totally not thinking of save the cat) there's always a big crisis in the second act of every story, all of them. even though an 'act', itself, is usually a wobbly term because if the work didn't put in act division labels- or even if it did in some cases- different people could look at the end product and reasonably divide it up in different ways. So that makes me suspect a) if you really believe that you're a hack b) if you don't really believe that, you're a grifter selling fake knowledge to people trying to get started with the craft, Or, c) you're not good at teaching writing because teaching and writing are different skills and that's ok, but you should stop teaching. 👍or consider recruiting a statler and waldorf style duo to point out whenever you're wrong

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i for some reason watched deadpool and wolverine after vowing to never watch a marvel movie in theaters again. I just want to ask... am i the only one who thought it sucked ass

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Price Action Trading

Mastering Price Action Trading: Strategies, Patterns, and Psychology Price action trading is a methodology used in financial markets, particularly in trading stocks, currencies, commodities, and other assets. Unlike traditional technical analysis, which relies heavily on indicators and mathematical formulas, price action trading focuses solely on the movement of prices on a chart. It is based…