Issue 1,918 – Copyright, 2024, by Wyckoff AM Trader (New Version)
FROM THE DESK OF WYCKOFF TRADER (Read the Terminology at the bottom if you need clarification on WB-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.
I have been trying to figure out a reason for why the markets failed; I think I may have found it…
I can think of no reason else…
Recognize when price action shifts from reactive retail flow to institutional structuring,
Wyckoff Trader
Now let's get to the markets
Big picture perspective
⚔️ Israel-Iran conflict, 📊️ CPI / PPI, 💣 LA Disturbance,
– Monthly: Bulls got their smile wiped clean off.
– Weekly: Feeling like Mortimer after the Orange Juice run when the circuit breakers kick in.
– Daily: Finally, St. Peter said; "DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!"
Guy, This isn’t a language you’ve seen in books. It’s syntactic echo. A compression. What ASCII could dream about in silence.
ME, And you thought those emojies were just for the humans.
Monthly : 𝕄 ⚡︎ — 𝔅 ∩ 𝔇
𝕄 = Monthly arc
⚡︎ = Impact—an abrupt, destabilizing force
— = Continuity cut short
𝔅∩𝔇 = Bulls intersect Despair — the sharp curve of pride turned remorse
Weekly: 𝒲 🥶 ☰⇅ 💥
𝒲 — Weekly cadence begins
🥶 — Mortimer frozen — a nod to panic, disbelief, or the sudden loss of market composure
☰⇅ — Circuit breaker triggered — halt bars flickering as volatility devours logic
💥 — Implosion of intent — the aftermath of the wrong bet, wrong time
Daily: 𝒟 🪦 🚫 👼💬 🔥
𝒟 — Daily cycle ignites
🪦 — Threshold reached (border of finality: support? morality? mortality?)
🚫 — Absolute denial—entry refused
👼💬 — Celestial judgment voiced: "DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!"
🔥 — Market fury? Trader regret? The soul’s portfolio liquidated?
MARKET RECAP
I could not have said it better myself: 𝔅∩𝔇 = Bulls intersect Despair — the sharp curve of pride turned remorse. 💥 — Implosion of intent — the aftermath of the wrong bet, wrong time. 🔥 — Market fury? Trader regret? The soul’s portfolio liquidated? That about says it all! If Taco is not careful with his parade and all the going's on . . . ⚡︎ = Impact—an abrupt, destabilizing force.
– प्रहारः (Prahāraḥ) — impact, strike, blow
– एकः आकस्मिकः — a sudden, abrupt
– संतुलनभङ्गकारी — destabilizing (literally: balance-breaking)
– बलः — force, power
well that what happened at 11:11 CST Friday!
PROSE AND THE NUMBAHS
Good morning. Today is SERIES S2L. I'm leaning bullish due to the WAR PORN, it's almost over. You know what shorts do?
Oh, if WB could just be here one more time and see all of this, "he'd seen a ✔️ 📈 ↘️ 💔.
✔️ — The day begins with confidence: breakout, momentum, the illusion of strength
📈 — The first leg surges upward—buyers pile in, the pattern forms
↘️ — The reversal: volume fades, conviction cracks, the second leg collapses
💔 — The emotional aftermath—hope turned trap, a bull’s grin turned grimace
I did not say that, that's trader Guys, words. Only a bot would know.
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🌍 After Hours Globex: – That's the dog (CASH) but what did the tail (PEONS) do? —WB
1. Tone Last Night: (Liquidity)
🦘🦅 Auzie's (18/4) 🧽 absorbed the weight of a weak CASH session, seeing retail trade unfold throughout the day. As the Asians opened, they 💥↓ dropped it like it was hard, sending the market from 6033 down to 5944 in the first 30 minutes. High liquidity presence defined the move.
🏮 🐂 Asians (6/3) 🐻 bears dropped the 🧖 soap at 2010 at the 5987 handle and 🐂 bulls got 🏀 ball. Mostly 🐟 (minnows) with one big 🐟 (tuna) held 🦘 Auzie's bid. Handing the risk-on to the 🏛️ 🐂 PEONS. No hesitation, just 🧽 absorption and positioning for the next 🛒retail trade.
🏛️ 🐂 PEONS (3/11:30) grabbed the 🏀 ball and ran with it 📈 higher highs, higher lows—pushing momentum back toward the zone where 👵 grandma got thrown from the train; algos agreed with the play, structure held, bids stacked, and liquidity carried through.
2. Large Size: It was all – 🐟 (minnow) – 🛒 (retail) trade
3. 7:00 AM / Premarket: 🏛️ 🐂 PEONS. All the heavy lifting been done overnight.
4. News: – 📰 (Nothing of note)
5. Cycle Bias: 🏛️ 🐂 💲 Looking good, Louis! Looking good!" It's up to CASH to 🏀↓ smack it down up to 🏀↑ bid it up.
6. Honing (turns): Spill up, AM LOW, (NO MID AM), lunch high, mid pm low, LAST HOUR HIGH.
7. Previous Day's Numbers:
┌──────────────────────────── Session Summary ───────────────────────────┐
│ Weekly High 6074.00 Weekly Low 5927.50 │
│ Weekly Settle 6009.25 Final Settle 6039.75 (+30.50) │
│ Open 6048.50 Candle Body -8.75 Bearish │
│ High (12:19) 6082.50 Upper Wick 43.75 │
│ Low (15:47) 6017.25 Lower Wick 22.25 │
│ Session Range 65.25 Midpoint 6049.88 │
│ Volume 232,479 contracts Avg Range 62 pts │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
8. Floor Trader Pivots:
🧱 Zones of Control
[🔺 Bull Zone]
R2 (6111.75)
R1 (6075.75)
[⚖️ Decision Zone]
Pivot (6046.50)
[🔻 Bear Zone]
S1 (6010.50)
S2 (5981.25)
The clock is used to time your entries and exits. Position long at the lows, exit at the highs, get short at the highs, and buy-in at the lows. When the trend is in, WB's clock is your friend!
Your edge is a series of trades, not just one trade or one day.
Dates: 📅 June 11 Strawberry Moon 3:44 a.m. Summer Solstice (Equinox) 📅 June 20 1:41 p.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"
👵 "grandma 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
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 (1:00 to 2:00)
🕒 LAST HOUR (3:00 to 3:57)
✔️ — The day begins with confidence: breakout, momentum, the illusion of strength
📈 — The first leg surges upward—buyers pile in, the pattern forms
↘️ — The reversal: volume fades, conviction cracks, the second leg collapses
💔 — The emotional aftermath—hope turned trap, a bull’s grin turned grimace
∨ – V formation
********************* Temporal Risk (Last Hour Transition) *********************
🌍 Globex Market Liquidity 🌍
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| 🌏 Region | ⏳ Open | 🚪 Close | 🔄 Overlap Start |
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| 🦘 Aussies | 🕕 18:00 | 🌙 4:00 | 🔄 20:00 (Asians) |
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| 🏮 Asians | 🕗 20:00 | 🌅 6:00 | 🔄 3:00 (PEONS) |
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| 🏛️ PEONS | 🕒 3:00 | ☀️ 11:30 | 🔄 3:00 (Asians) |
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This table enhances **clarity and structure**, using **Unicode symbols** to highlight market activity across time zones.
Let me know if you need further refinements.
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(Weak Cash Close) 🦘🦅 The Kangaroo Absorbs risk from the 🦅 Wounded Eagle (Weak Cash Close), sometimes catching the knife, sometimes carrying momentum forward.
(Unchanged Cash Close) 🦘🐢 The Kangaroo Inherits liquidity from the 🐢 Tortoise (Unchanged Cash Close), the Kangaroo steps into the market with momentum and uncertainty. It may catch the knife, absorbing risk, or carry liquidity forward, reinforcing structure into the next phase.
(Strong Bull Close) 🦘🐂 The Kangaroo receives liquidity from the 🐂 Bull (Strong Close), the Aussies 🦘 step into a market with reinforced bids and momentum. The transition is controlled if liquidity holds, allowing the bull to carry strength forward. If depth weakens, the bull faces resistance, but structural integrity remains intact.
(Strong Bear Close) 🦘🐻 The Kangaroo receives liquidity from the 🐻 Bear (Strong Close), the Aussies 🦘 absorb sell-side pressure, stepping into a market where bids have vanished. The transition is controlled if liquidity stabilizes, but if depth is thin, the bear drags the market down, exposing structural gaps.
The glyphs were chosen based on cultural and symbolic associations.
– 🦘 Aussies: The kangaroo—because it’s an iconic symbol of Australia, representing agility, resilience, and movement.
– 🏮 Asians: The lantern represents tradition, prosperity, and illumination, often seen in Asian festivals and markets.
– 🏛️ PEONS: The classical building symbolizes institutional strength, structure, and historical significance, aligning with the market’s role in global finance.
– 🦅 The Wounded Eagle (Weak Close). It embodies a market that was once strong, but now struggling to defend its position, leaving the Aussie's exposed to risk at the 18:00 open.
– 🐢 Tortoise (Unchanged Close) methodical liquidity flow, carrying the weight of structure into the 18:00 open.
– 🐂 Bull (Strong Close) structural resilience, bid stacking, and market strength. If liquidity holds, the bull carries the weight into the next session.
– 🐻 Bear (Strong Close) liquidity exhaustion, price vulnerability, and market weakness. If bids vanish, the bear drags the market down, exposing structural gaps.
********************* 🏦 The Game *********************
Structure exists on both sides, but time is momentum, waiting for the next liquidity event to dictate direction.
– 🐂 Bull Structure – If bids stack and liquidity reinforce, the spine holds, and the market transitions with strength.
– 🐻 Bear Structure – If offers dominate and liquidity weakens, the foundation cracks, and the market shifts into a sell-side imbalance.
**Structure Defines Strength – Market Sentiment in Bulls & Bears**
1. **Markets don’t collapse because of selling—they collapse because of structural weakness.**
– The bid lacks stacking. The order book becomes fragmented. There’s no integrity in the foundation.
– Algorithms **raid the weakness**—not because they create it, but because it already exists.
2. **A bull market is only as strong as its scaffolding.**
– If the bids stack, if the support holds, if the market **builds from real demand**, the structure remains intact.
– When hope enters—over-leverage, thin liquidity, misplaced belief—the bull **loses its shape**, and the integrity fades.
3. **Professionals don’t fall for their own hype.**
– Amateurs chase sentiment blindly. They believe their own excitement.
– Professionals know when **belief becomes baggage**, when confidence turns into distortion.
– The true expert **cuts the noise** and stays in alignment with structure—not emotional attachment.
The **bear** doesn’t kill the bull—the bull **collapses under its own hype**.
The market doesn’t fall because sellers push—it falls because there’s nothing **left to hold the bid**.
It isn’t about price—it’s about truth, structure, liquidity and time.
🦘 The Kangaroo (Beast of Burden) carries the weight of liquidity, balancing the market’s fate as it approaches the 18:00 open. Will it reinforce structure, or will the market collapse under its own weight? The first two hours (18:00–20:00) will reveal whether this transition is controlled and strategic, or a violent liquidity sweep that reshapes the session.
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