Anyone else trade based on the 4 stages of the market

I’ve been trading the 4 stages of the Market: Accumulation Phase, Distribution Phase, Advancing Phase, Declining Phase. I am looking for fellow traders who trade the same strategies to bounce ideas and to understand the 4 stages of the market better.

 

Check out

stageanalysis.net

 

You mean this?

 

Mini cycles within a major cycle.

Phase 1.
Phase 2.
Phase 3.
Phase 4.

 

This is a good read on the topic.

https://www.amazon.com/Stan-Weinsteins-Secrets-Profiting-Markets

 

That was my first book about the markets. Around 1989 I think.

 

Published in 88. One of the few books I recommend.

Also anything by Wyckoff.

 

I presume TS is referring to this chart.


This chart is from Stan Weinstein's book. I trade stock and long only.
So, the main focus is Stage1 and Stage2 using 50 SMA. It's a simple method with daily chart.

 

I read this stuff in the 1980s.
It didn't help me in my trading.
Because such books were written by professional writers, not professional traders.

 

It helped me in 2008 and last Feb by taking me out of the market.
Yup I missed most of the V recovery but over all I'm ahead of the game.
Yup I missed a lot of shorting opportunities.
My main priority is capital preservation.