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Imo it has to do with a few things

One is Interpretation of Volume & price action


Convergent , Divergent ...yes


But it is harmonious and inharmonious where Wyckoff analysis is different to what you tend to see with RSI or OBV etc. Or volume analysis. or most else...


Note the name.. optimism / pessimism  ( not accumulation/Distribution )


A new high in the OP index ( and it is not seen as an indicator  but a volume index. It trends  has support & resistance zones etc)


Is not a "Buy" signal if it is inharmonious with the instrument ( that is both might well be  making new highs but at a different times ) this  is a sign of a possible turning point.


Also the OP index  is built from the intra day waves of buying and selling and not fixed time intervals and technometer and force indexes too..


This different interpretation of Volume etc That is seen in Wyckoff  is because of a particular defintion of what a Trend is.


Yes we have trend lines . series of highs and lows etc

(or SOS and LPS)


But the particular definition that matters in relation to Wyckoff  is this


The Trend is the line of least resistance..  Ok what does this mean ?


 Where do we see  this line on the chart ? ( careful ;) .



An interesting way of looking at Volume was Paul Levine's Midas


http://www.stocksharepublishing.com/products/premPlugin_MIDAS.html

tried to do away with the static time frames..



Another interesting Volume indicator is

Negative volume index and Positive volume index.


POINT IS THIS Are you looking back or forward ?

You maybe read volume or an indicator very different depending on your answer.


Accumulation versus Optimism ? ( They are not the same )

Distribution versus pessimism ?


Maybe A falling OBV in a range could be a buy signal ? ( absorption ? )




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