Section dedicated to Richard D. Wyckoff (1873–1934): reading the market through supply and demand, accumulation and distribution phases, «composite man» behaviour.
Menu → Market Cycles → Wyckoff tradition — Path of the volumetric school. Recommended prerequisites in Encyclopedia → concetti (order book, volume, market cycle). For Hurst use tradizione-hurst.
Sources: Wyckoff Analytics / StockCharts, SMI, Pruden (The Three Skills of Top Trading, 2007). Raw: raw/sources/wyckoff/.
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| Hurst | Wyckoff | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Periodicity and cyclic timing | Supply/demand and phases |
| Hub | tradizione-hurst | ← you are here |
| Chart | Envelopes, nominal cycles | Trading range, volume |
| Path status | ✅ Ch. 1–3 (golden path) | 🟡 under construction |
Start here — Wyckoff path
Recommended order — Introduction → composite man → three laws → five steps → four-phase cycle → trading range → accumulation → key events (spring, SOS, LPS) → distribution.
| # | Entry | What you learn |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | wyckoff-method-introduction | Method context and goal |
| 2 | composite-man-wyckoff | The «composite operator» |
| 3 | three-wyckoff-laws | Supply/demand, cause-effect, effort/result |
| 4 | five-steps-wyckoff | Five operational steps |
| 5 | four-phase-price-cycle-wyckoff | Accumulation → markup → distribution → markdown |
| 6 | trading-range-wyckoff | Trading range and cause-effect |
| 7 | accumulation-phases-a-e | Accumulation: phases A–E |
| 8 | spring-wyckoff | Spring — support test |
| 9 | sign-of-strength-sos | Sign of Strength |
| 10 | last-point-of-support-lps | Last Point of Support |
| 11 | distribution-phases-a-e | Distribution: phases A–E |
Profile: richard-wyckoff.
Linked encyclopedia
| Hub | Useful entries for Wyckoff |
|---|---|
| concetti | order-book, trading-volume, market-cycle |
| fondamenti | composite-man-wyckoff, three-wyckoff-laws |
| glossario | Spring, SOS, LPS |
| metodologie | Wyckoff section (techniques) |