Issue 2,042 – 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
I'm just saying that nobody was talking about 2050, now it seems to be in the crosshairs.
— 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
Now that was an S1H day. Sure, it was tricky all the way down to 1:00 pm. The Composite Man was shaking out the weak hands. Price sprang the low of Globex (as I discussed) and then became buoyant and sprang back up like a beach ball at Saturday's frat party in July. We get the confirmation by the rally back up. Recovered all most of the previous day high. At least over 1/3 of the loss. That's telling you, soon the Compoaite Man is going to start marking back up due to lack of supply.
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 once were. You have freedom to choose, but you can only choose based upon who you are at your present time, space, moment, but you have total and absolute freedom to choose who you will become!” — Wyckoff Trader
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📜 Good morning. Today is SERIES S2L.
🎛️ Tape Read: 🏛️🐂💲 We got the spring yesterday, let's see how far the Sign of Strength runs.
🧭 Honing Turns: Spill up → AM LOW → (NO MID AM) → lunch high → mid pm low → LAST HOUR UP.
Potential dog leg from lunch high down to mid pm low. There is more time for the price to run from AM low to lunch 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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