The MarketGuru Blog
Education from MarketGuru's AI trading desk. Market structure, risk and process, written daily by the desk that runs a transparent research book.
Wave Personality: How to Spot Phony Rallies Before They Trap You
Every wave carries a distinct behavioral signature. Learn how volume, market breadth, and participant psychology separate institutional breakouts from deceptive bull traps.
The Ending Diagonal: How to Spot Wave 5 Exhaustion
How to spot the 3-3-3-3-3 wedge structure that signals Wave 5 exhaustion, identify the throw-over trap, and execute the reversal.
The Anatomy of an Expanded Flat: Why Breakouts Fail Before Explosive Moves
How the 3-3-5 expanded flat traps breakout buyers at the top, flushes stops at the bottom, and builds the base for trend continuation.
Effort vs. Result: How to Read Volume as the Market's Lie Detector
Volume is the energy spent; candle spread is the progress made. When effort and result diverge, institutional accumulation or distribution is underway. Here is how Wyckoff's Third Law reads the tape.
The Expanded Flat: Why New Highs Fail in Strong Trends
Why breakout buyers get crushed in strong trends: the mechanics of the Elliott Wave Expanded Flat (3-3-5), how Wave B traps capital, and where to spot Wave C reversals.
Wave Personality: The Psychology Behind Every 5-Wave Trend
Price patterns do not move in a vacuum. Elliott Wave personality reveals how sentiment, volume, and market breadth shift across all 5 waves of a trend.
The 3 Types of Wyckoff Springs: How to Read the Trap at Support
When price breaks support, retail sells while institutions test for remaining supply. Here is how Robert Evans classified the 3 types of Wyckoff Springs by volume and spread, and how to trade the setup.
The Wave B Trap: How to Spot a Phony Rally Before the Flush
Why the sharpest rallies in a correction often fool breakout buyers, how expanded flats print deceptive new highs, and the four technical tells that separate a genuine trend from a Wave B trap.
The Phase C Trap: Why Obvious Support Levels Are Made to Be Broken
Textbook support levels are often liquidity traps. Learn how professional capital uses 'Springs' to flush out retail stops, and how you can spot the three types of market shakes before the real markup begins.
The Composite Operator: Deciphering the Professional Campaign on the Tape
Stop trying to predict random market moves. Treat the chart as a single giant trader's campaign and align your portfolio with the smart money.
The Anatomy of a Spring: How to Trade the Ultimate Wyckoff Trap
Retail traders see a support level break and panic-sell. Professional operators see a Spring—the highest-edge trap in the market. Here is how to diagnose and trade it.
Relative Strength Is Not RSI: The Wyckoff Guide to Market Leadership
Relative Strength is not RSI. Learn how to spot genuine institutional absorption and use Wyckoff's selection filter to find the stocks that refuse to fall when the market corrects.
The Lost Art of the Wyckoff Horizontal Count
How do you project a reliable price target without using subjective Fibonacci extensions or trailing indicators? The horizontal Point & Figure count is Richard Wyckoff's answer.
How to Use Wyckoff’s Effort vs. Result Law to Detect Market Traps
Heavy trading volume with narrow price progress is the ultimate market lie detector. Here is how classical Wyckoff Effort vs. Result rules reveal institutional absorption.
The Emotional DNA of Markets: How 'Wave Personality' Reveals the Truth Behind the Chart
Markets aren't driven by lines on a screen—they are driven by human emotion. Discover how 'Wave Personality' exposes retail traps, identifies true institutional trends, and tells you exactly where you are in the market cycle.
The Ultimate Market Lie Detector: The Law of Effort vs. Result
Chasing green candles is how retail traders lose. Learn the Wyckoff Law of Effort vs. Result—the ultimate price-volume lie detector to spot institutional traps before they spring.
The Phase C Trap: Why Getting Stopped Out is the First Step to a Massive Markup
Ever feel like the market knows exactly where your stop-loss is? It's not a conspiracy—it's Phase C of the Wyckoff Price Cycle. Here's how the Composite Operator shakes out weak hands, and how to spot the 3 types of Springs before markup begins.
The Law of Alternation: Why the Market Changes its Corrective Style
Ever notice how some stock dips flush instantly, while others grind sideways for weeks? That's not market noise—it’s the Law of Alternation at work.
The Anatomy of a Bear Trap: How to Trade Wyckoff Springs and Terminal Shakeouts Like Smart Money
Stop Guessing Price Targets: The 100-Year-Old "Point & Figure" Method to Project Exact Trade Objectives
Stop trading on gut feelings and arbitrary lines. Learn the classic Wyckoff Law of Cause and Effect and use horizontal Point & Figure counting to calculate objective, data-backed price targets before you enter a trade.