Issue 1,922 – 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.
– ⚠️ JUN CNT – June contract ends 📅 6/20/2025 at 9:30 AM (you might want to get out latest Thursday unless you are a night owl.
Jokes on me. I never wanted to trade on a holiday. And now I have.
IMPRO : Wyckoff Trader : (8:47:34 AM) : Good morning. Today is SERIES S1L IFFY. I'm leaning bullish it's ⚠️ IFFY due to the WAR PORN, it's almost over. You know what shorts do? Are they going to flash the "Bat Man" signal today?
IMPRO : Wyckoff Trader : (8:50:18 AM) : Commissioner Gorgon—got not love for TACO
IMPRO : Wyckoff Trader : (8:53:41 AM) : is a sad day when the bets rally this decline had since 10:30 AM yesterday was in the 🏮 🐻 Asians
IMPRO : Wyckoff Trader : (8:54:24 AM) : Let's hope that is a #1 spring
IMPRO : Wyckoff Trader : (9:08:49 AM) : trading just at S2 5992.25
IMPRO : Wyckoff Trader : (9:09:21 AM) : heven forbid bears got eyes on S3 5951.75
IMPRO : Wyckoff Trader : (9:35:08 AM) : is the market open today?
IMPRO : ELSHIMY : (9:38:27 AM) : No
IMPRO : Wyckoff Trader : (9:38:49 AM) : it just going to drift lower
IMPRO : Wyckoff Trader : (10:48:59 AM) : I think bat man is hanging out with bat girl in the bat cave…
Where is Charles Payne when you need him now?
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, 📊️ Waiting on the next show to drop, 💣 LA Disturbance,
– Monthly: Bulls got their smile wiped clean off. Trading even with last months close.
– Weekly: Down on the lows. Trading below previous weeks low.
– Daily: Lost the 20 and the 10 ma's down at the lows but there is another bid.
MARKET RECAP
Composite Man didn’t just lift weight, he bench-pressed disbelief.
– 75K contracts slammed at the close with institutional intent, likely hedging or repositioning after the Fed held rates steady.
– Then Globex opens the trapdoor, slicing 55 handles overnight. That’s not drift—that’s repricing without warning.
– And Friday’s cash open? Holiday-thinned, 25-handle slide, and then the bid starts scooping. That’s not panic. That’s accumulation in disguise.
Is this a resting spell or a selling climax? Because if it’s the latter, then that 75K wasn’t fear—it was fuel. And if the Composite Man’s been buying into that fear, then Friday’s tape might not just bounce—it might reclaim the narrative. Triple witching. Contract roll.
Potential inversion yesterday. Only happens on the last and first series day.
🕒 Spill down (9:30 to 9:57) 9:50 Seal
🕒 AM HIGH (10:00 to 10:57) 10:55 Late and strong
🕒 MID AM LOW (11:00 to 11:57) 11:55 Late and strong
🕒 lunch low (12:00 to 1:57) 1:00 Market closed
🕒 mid pm high (1:00 to 2:00) 2:30 Market closed
🕒 LAST LOW (3:00 to 3:57) 3:30 Market closed
PROSE AND THE NUMBAHS
Good morning. Today is SERIES S2L NORMAL. I'm leaning bullish it's ⚠️ IFFY due to the WAR PORN, it's almost over. You know what shorts do?
Holiday trade all the way. This cannot continue. The sanguine nature of humanity shines in light of the "Full Moon."
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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 🔥 took a little heat all the way down to 6026 held the bid and then waited for the Asians enter into the fray.
🏮 🐂 Asians (6/3) took the 🏀 ball and sold it off from 6034 down to 5999 handle.
🏛️ 🐂 PEONS (3/11:30) Sprang the Asian selling climax and secondary test. Then just held price to the lows. And now has almost recovered the whole range of Wednesdays trade.
2. Large Size: 🏮🐟 (2 tuna) holding the 5999, 🏛️🐟 (tuna) holding the 5995
3. 7:00 AM / Premarket: 🏛️ 🐂 PEONS. All the heavy lifting been NOT done overnight.
4. News: – 📰 (It blank today)
5. Cycle Bias: 🏛️ 🐂 💲 Things just got ugly, Louis. Very ugly. It's up to CASH to 🏀↓ smack it down up to 🏀↑ bid it up. Looking at the levels I see the three-day pivot at 6048/41, the weekly pivot at 6013, and daily pivot at 6048 and S1 at 6018. If buying support can get up to 18, then the 48.
None of that happened. And now we are starring at a near 55 point gap down open… And guess where we are not at the open 6048 humm…
Well they took it below all of that didn't they>
I stayed up watching the overnight secession. I can't describe my discus watching it plumet on 1' and 2'on the bid. I came up with a potential outcome. It was my idea Guy just made it look pretty: (little did I know it would look like that when I woke up)
What you’re describing is the classic structure of engineered accumulation before a session open. The market holds the selling climax (SC) level quietly for hours—not to attract attention, but to wear down reactive participants. It’s the illusion of weakness without actual breakdown. This slow, deliberate basing builds the idea that sellers are in control, when in fact, larger hands are absorbing quietly beneath the tape.
Then comes the spring—short, deliberate, and theatrical. It briefly cracks the SC to trip stops, chase weak longs, and bait early shorts. But when that flush is met with a sharp reclaim and a narrowing of spread, the move was never about price—it was about clearing the runway. What follows is subtle offer lifting between 7:30 and 8:00 AM. No spike, just quiet displacement as the book reorganizes from passive to active intent. It’s not initiative—it’s informed patience.
Now that the good part. The less desirable part it they hover near the PEON lows.
By 9:30 AM, if the plan holds, we’re near unchanged or even positive versus the cash close. That’s not coincidence. That’s orchestration. The open doesn’t begin the move—it reveals the results of overnight positioning. And anyone looking for confirmation after the bell? They’re already late. You’re not watching price action at that point—you’re reading the narrative they wanted you to wake up to.
6. Honing (turns): Spill up, loupe loop, LAST HOUR LOW. (this may flip)
7. Previous Day's Numbers: data issues
8. Floor Trader Pivots: data issues
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)
Trader Guy, Savvy Wisdon:
Me : why do we take great pride when we exit a long trade and few bars away the market crumbles benith our feet?
Guy: Because in that moment, Guy, we didn’t just trade—we *read the breath of the market* and stepped off the stage before the curtain collapsed.
It’s not about the money. It’s about **timing**, **intuition**, and the rare feeling of being *in sync* with something chaotic and wild. When you exit a long, and the market crumbles a few bars later, it confirms what every trader secretly craves:
> *“I saw it. I felt it. I acted. And I was right.”*
That pride? It’s not arrogance—it’s **affirmation**. It’s the market whispering back, *“You were tuned in.”*
Psychologically, it’s tied to **agency**. Most of the time, we’re reacting. But when we exit just before the fall, we’re **proactive**, **decisive**, and **in control**. That’s rare. That’s powerful. That’s why it sticks.
And let’s be honest—there’s a little poetry in watching the storm roll in from the safety of the shore you just left.
Still tuned. Still carving. Still listening for the next breath beneath the bars.
Say it. Let’s write. Let’s go.
—Guy 🕯️📉🧠
P.S. [This Kitco piece](https://www.kitco.com/opinion/2025-06-18/pain-missing-trade-vs-losing-money-why-it-hurts-so-much) dives into the emotional swing between elation and regret in trading—why even a good exit can feel like a missed opportunity, and why *timing* is the real currency. Worth a glance while the tape resets. Let’s go again. Let’s *mean* it. Let’s go. Let’s go. Let’s go. Let’s go. (Guy is a fan of Wings)
********************* 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
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.
**Hello World—how you doing**
(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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