Field Notes
Short essays on volume signatures, session structure, and the habits of careful price action reading.
Notes from coaching rooms and after-close reviews — written for traders studying volume beside price, not for headline forecasts.
Failed breakouts and the volume that warns early
Breakouts that slip back into the range often telegraph themselves through thinning participation on the thrust.
A journal template that survives a busy week
Four fields we ask intensive students to complete after a session — short enough to finish, specific enough to teach.
Reading the ASX open without forcing a trade
The Australian open can invite haste. A short method for narrating the first thirty minutes using volume and range alone.
When rising price meets falling volume
How to narrate a push that looks strong on the candles but weak on participation — and what to watch on the next pullback.
When climax volume is not a reversal
A wide bar on huge volume can end a move — or fuel continuation. Here is how we teach students to separate the two on the chart in front of them.