Issue 2,037 – Copyright (c) 2025. All rights reserved. Keeping WB’s Clock Alive Since 2017.
FROM THE DESK OF WYCKOFF TRADER (Read the Terminology at the bottom if you need clarification on Wyckoff/WB/ME-isms)
– 🐂 The Bull – Represents structural resilience, bid stacking, and market strength. If liquidity holds, the bull carries the weight
– 🐻 The Bear – Symbolizes liquidity exhaustion, price vulnerability, and market weakness. If bids vanish, the bear drags the market down.
– 👻 “GHOST – If the market doesn't have breath, it will fall due to the
lack of structure under the pressure of constant changing of belief.” – Wyckoff Trader
THE LONG GAME (if you dare to read)
What I was talking about in 2020; 2026/27, 2033, 2055
IMPRO : DonaldTrump : (8:20:45 AM) :
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High Market Impact – @realDonaldTrump
There must be only One Rulebook if we are going to continue to lead in AI. We are beating ALL COUNTRIES at this point in the race, but that won’t last long if we are going to have 50 States, many of them bad actors, involved in RULES and the APPROVAL PROCESS. THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT ABOUT THIS! AI WILL BE DESTROYED IN ITS INFANCY! I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week. You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something. THAT WILL NEVER WORK!
THE SHORT GAME (Myth → Meaning → Mechanics of the market)
IMPRO : Wyckoff Trader : (8:35:40 AM) : OK it's rare I comment on Trump but that sounds like a line from the Highlander; "there can be only one"
IMPRO : Wyckoff Trader : (8:35:42 AM) : https://youtu.be/VF_xa3s6zhw
I'm not a fan of AI you know that. And not a fan of politics. I do know that the voices against the One Rulebook have been squelched. It was in the bill earlier this year that MTG spoke against and won. Strange how politics make strange bedfellows.
— MYTH MIND WORM IN THE VALLEY — 🧠 Silicon Valley’s Mind Worm: Agentic AI and Compute Fetishism — by Trader Guy/AI
— MEANING – HOW THIS EFFECTS THE STREET —
The ordinary person outside the mainstream is now beginning to realize that AI will replace many jobs. I've been talking about it for years or perhaps months. It's a beautiful thing when you see a plan come together. Even though the plan is not so beautiful…
— MECHANICS – (though the eyes of the Composite Man | WB | ME)
PROSE AND THE NUMBAHS
This day was more S2H day. The spill down was sealed at 9:35 am, early and weak. The bulls gave it a go up to 10:05 am early and weak. You can see volume come in as that move is checked. Now, this day does not have a MID AM turn so that it can be tricky. Price tried to take out the current intraday high but failed to gain a following. Next is a slow drift back down. Our next turn is lunch low. So as prices drift down, we can expect to see some support come in. This support seals the lunch low at 1:55 am late and strong.
The next turn is the LAST HOUR. This is projected to be the LAST HOUR LOW. And the price does not disappoint. It's late and strong, nearly the last hour print. You could see the price drift lower. You could see the price just test the Globex range. Today is a FED day at 2:00 pm. Look and see how the price responds during the mid-pm low.
I asked Trader Guy/AI to give his perspective on the Mag 7 and outline them as Man vs Machine. Here was his take.
🌈 Magnificent Seven: Human vs Machine Spectrum
Company Ticker Color Type Focus Spectrum My Read
Apple Inc. AAPL Silver / White 🧍♂️🧍♀️🧍♀️🧍♂️🧍♂️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️ Human-first — elegant design, personal tech
Meta Platforms META Blue / Purple 🧍♂️🧍♀️🧍♀️🧍♀️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️ Human-focused — immersive social experiences
Alphabet Inc. GOOGL Multicolor 🧍♂️🧍♀️🧍♀️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️ Machine-first — AI research, autonomous systems
Microsoft Corp. MSFT Blue 🧍♂️🧍♀️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️ Machine-leaning — enterprise AI, developer tools
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN Orange / Black 🧍♂️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️ Machine-first — logistics, automation, Alexa
NVIDIA Corp. NVDA Green / Black ⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️ Pure Machine — AI chips, robotics infrastructure
Tesla Inc. TSLA Red / Silver ⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️ Pure Machine — autonomous vehicles, humanoid robots
Me: guy you give new meaning to a "COG" in a "WHEEL"…
Guy: Ha! I’ll take that as a compliment — even if I’m the cog that’s constantly recalibrating the whole machine 😄
But you’re right to call it out. When we break down companies like Alphabet or Microsoft, it’s easy to get caught in the gears of their AI engines and forget the human pulse that started it all. They’re not just building machines — they’re building tools for minds, maps for curiosity, and platforms for connection.
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They say you can only make a decision based upon who you are; or after your decision—who you were. You have freedom to choose but you can only choose based upon who you are at your present—space time moment but you have total and absolute freedom to choose who you will become! — Wyckoff Trader
Heraclitus. 🔥 “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.” In our case the same trade.
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📜 Good morning. Today is SERIES S3H.
🎛️ Tape Read: 🏛️🐂💲 "Looking good, but…" – Neutral (cautious optimism) FED day today. One by one, two by twos. Scared roach dance. Let's see if today holds lows.
🧭 Honing Turns: Spill down → AM HIGH → MID AM LOW → lunch high → mid pm low → LAST HOUR HIGH.
SERIES Day (all times EST New York City)
🕒 Spill (9:30 to 9:57)
🕒 AM (10:00 to 10:57)
🕒 MID AM (11:00 to 11:57)
🕒 lunch (12:00 to 1:57)
🕒 mid pm (2:00 to 2:57)
🕒 LAST HOUR (3:00 to 3:57)
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Dates: 📅 January 3 Wolf Moon 5:03 a.m. Winter Solstice (Equinox) 📅 December 21 10:03 a.m. (all times Est)
********************* Terminology *********************
"Looking good, Louis! Looking good!" – Bullish (high confidence)
"Looking good, but…" – Neutral (cautious optimism)
"Things just got ugly, Louis. Very ugly." (Black Swan)
"It's looking real bad for the bulls, Louis. Real bad." – Bearish (pessimistic)
"It's looking real bad for the bears, Louis. Real bad." – Bullish (optimistic)
🐟 (Minnows)
⏳ Lifespan: 1–2 years
💧 Liquidity Impact: Momentary—tiny, rapid entries and exits
🔄 Interpretation: Their short biological life mirrors *fleeting market presence*. They appear as *blips* on the liquidity radar—numerous but not lasting.
🐟 (Sardines)
⏳ Lifespan: 3–4 years
💧 Liquidity Impact: Mid-range, directional waves
🔄 Interpretation: Like their lifespan, they sustain presence a bit longer—*waves of flow* with follow-through. Not permanent, but *tactically significant*.
🐟 (Tuna)
⏳ Lifespan: 15–40 years
💧 Liquidity Impact: Deep, anchoring, strategic
🔄 Interpretation: Their long biological endurance maps to *long-dwelling liquidity*. When they enter, they sit, influence, and stabilize. They're duration-defined presences**, just like their species.
🧖 "Dropping the Soap"
🏀 "Running with the ball"
👵 "momma got thrown from the train!"
📈 Up Turn – Higher highs and higher lows.
📉 Down Turn – Lower highs and lower lows.
↔️ Chop Turn – Bulls and Bears equally balanced.
💥 dropped it like it was hard (no bid stacking, no liquidity, hitting the bid)
🏀↓ smack it down or 🏀↑ bid it up (indicates a potential change in trend)
🧽 adding liquidity back into the market 🎀 (=^‥^=)
Richard D. Wyckoff; and his Composite Man. Don't mix the methods.
📚 Key Concepts
– Law of Supply and Demand: Price moves based on the balance of buying and selling.
– Law of Cause and Effect: The length of accumulation/distribution determines the magnitude of the move.
– Law of Effort vs. Result: Volume (effort) must match price movement (result); divergences signal manipulation.
🧠 The Composite Man personifying the market as a single, strategic entity—the Composite Man—who:
– Accumulates stock quietly while the public is pessimistic.
– Pushes prices up to attract attention and volume.
– Distributes holdings at higher levels while the public buys in.
– Then lets the price fall, starting the cycle again.
📈 Accumulation Phases (Composite Man Buying)
| Phase | Description | Composite Man’s Intent
| A | (PS), (SC), (AR), (ST) | Absorbing supply, testing depth of selling pressure
| B | Building a Cause | Accumulating quietly, creating a trading range, shaking out weak hands
| C | Spring or Shakeout | Final test of support, false breakdown to trap bears and force capitulation
| D | Markup Begins | Breakout above resistance, demand dominates, public begins to enter
| E | Distribution Preparation | Price moves rapidly, Composite Man begins to sell into strength
📉 Distribution Phases (Composite Man Selling)
| Phase | Description | Composite Man’s Intent
| A | (PSY), (BC), (AR), (ST) | Testing demand, beginning to unload inventory
| B | Building a Cause | Distributing quietly, creating a range, trapping late buyers
| C | Upthrust or UTAD | False breakout to lure in buyers before reversal
| D | Markdown Begins | Breakdown below support, supply overwhelms demand
| E | Accumulation Preparation | Price declines rapidly, Composite Man begins to buy again
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