20 Ways of CATCHING A PULLBACK

Main ideas / lesson

The video teaches “20 ways of catching a pullback”—entering trades during temporary price retracements in the direction of the prevailing trend. This is presented as typically easier than trying to pick tops/bottoms.

A recurring theme across techniques:

• Identify a trend context (uptrend/downtrend)
• Find a specific retracement level/structure (support/resistance, volume, indicators, geometry/angles)
• Look for confirmation (reaction candles like inside/fractal, breakout of triggers, failure to break levels)

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Techniques

1) Support/Resistance “Switch”

• Observe a trend (example: uptrend).
• Identify a resistance formed when price makes a high, then retrace slightly.
• Anchor a resistance line at that high.
• Wait until price moves up and “zooms” above it (so it becomes new support).
• Later, when price retraces to the line:
  • expect an inside candle and decreased volatility
  • interpret this as a signal of trend resumption
• In a downtrend, apply the same logic with opposite roles (support ↔ resistance).

2) Double Pitchfork (more advanced pitchfork geometry)

• Goal: detect more precise turning points.
• Pitchfork requires three alternating highs/lows.
• For a pullback low in an uptrend scenario:
  • use high → low → high to draw the first fork
• Create the second fork using the same anchoring points, but modify the shift:
  • move the A-axis to the midpoint of the A–B segments
• Watch for price to hit:
  • the first fork’s downward-sloping line
  • and the modified fork’s center/lower lines around the same time
• Confirmation:
  • a candle reacts to both lines, then price reverses

3) Return to Volatility Shift

• Identify a downtrend with lower highs/lower lows.
• Find a volatility shift:
  • early downswing: low volatility
  • later downswing: higher volatility / violent downside
• Mark the level at the open of the high-volatility candle (“volatility shift line”).
• Expect price to retrace to that level and often:
  • test it multiple times (example: five)
  • fail to break upward
  • then sellers regain control and price resumes down
• For shorts:
  • the previous high is suggested as a logical stop-loss location.

4) Point of Control (Volume Profile)

• Use fixed range volume profile over a selected range (example: the upward leg).
• The profile plots a histogram of traded price levels.
• Identify Point of Control (POC):
  • the price level with the highest trading activity (red line)
• Expect POC to act as support/resistance:
  • price approaches POC, then reverses after touching it
• Confirmation:
  • a bullish fractal candle after a POC touch (as described)

5) Return to the Runaway Gap

• “Runaway gap” = a gap in favor of the trend.
• In an uptrend:
  • price often returns to the gap, reacts, then continues upward
• Confirmation described:
  • gap retracement fails to close within the gap
  • and forms an inside candle near/within the gap
• Trigger:
  • enter long after price breaks the high of the inside candle

6) Anchored VWAP (Volume-Weighted Average Price)

• After a major upswing, anchor VWAP at the low where the upswing started.
• Anchor at a meaningful price extreme relevant to the analysis.
• VWAP plots average traded price using volume.
• Claimed benefit:
  • grounded at real price points (more intuitive than rolling bands)
• Trade behavior described:
  • price retraces to VWAP
  • forms fractal/inside candles
  • then price resumes upward
• Presented as providing dynamic support/resistance.

7) Continuation Divergence (trend-following divergence)

• Contrasts with “reversal divergence” (harder because it tries to call full tops/bottoms).
• Uptrend version:
  • price makes higher lows
  • oscillator (e.g., RSI) makes lower lows (divergence)
• Downtrend version:
  • price makes lower highs
  • oscillator makes higher highs
• Divergence can be on other indicators too (examples listed):
  • MACD, stochastic, rate of change, money flow index, etc.
• Confirmation requirement:
  • divergence aligns with support/resistance
  • described setup: after strong downside, price hits support and forms an inside candle → then continuation upward begins

8) Simple Trend Line (early trend angle)

• At the start of a trend, identify an angle from initial highs/lows.
• Expect it to be respected repeatedly.
• Trade method:
  • wait for retracements to touch the trend line
  • watch for reaction (e.g., candle shadow rejecting the line)
• Additional entries can appear when price revisits the line multiple times before resuming.

9) FIB Cluster (confluence of multiple Fibonacci tools)

• Use combinations of Fib:
  • extensions, projections, retracements (specifically: a retracement + a projection)
• Key rule:
  • focus on clusters where different Fib levels align/correlate
  • example:
    • 50% retracement aligns with 161.8% projection
    • 61.8% retracement aligns with 200% projection
• Confirmation:
  • approach the cluster
  • observe candle interaction (e.g., larger lower shadow)
  • often an inside candle appears signaling the move is stopping/reversing
• Emphasis:
  • the “self-fulfilling prophecy” effect (many traders react at the same confluence zones)

10) ABC Channel

• Goal: project where a pullback may end using an ABC / three-wave structure.
• To project a low:
  • use the angle between two highs
  • duplicate that same angle to the low between them
• Setup:
  • pullbacks in an uptrend often follow an ABC pattern before trend resumes
• Confirmation:
  • price stops at the projected lower line
  • forms a fractal candle
  • then the uptrend resumes

11) Steep Moving Average Reaction

• Two components:
  • the moving average must have a steep angle (strong dynamic level)
  • price must show an obvious reaction at interaction
• Steps:
  • confirm the MA is steep
  • wait for price to interact during the pullback
  • look for reaction signals (candles with prominent shadows)
  • enter after clear evidence price respects the MA
• Example includes an outside candle suggesting bounce continuation.

12) Time Cycle (predicting timing of reversals)

• Assumption:
  • markets follow predictable temporal cycles
• Steps:
  • use TradingView’s cyclic lines tool to measure the time of a completed move
  • project future timing based on that duration
  • expect reversals near completion of 100% of the cycle
• Guidance:
  • use alongside other tools (e.g., Fibonacci ratios / Elliott Wave phase analysis)
  • optionally combine with established support/resistance

13) Sloped Support/Resistance (geometry lines)

• Connect highs and lows to form slope lines (not only horizontal levels).
• Example behavior:
  • line acts as resistance
  • price breaks it
  • later price returns to retest it as support
• Confirmation:
  • observe price reaction when it meets the line (example: volatility burst)
• Emphasis:
  • fewer traders spot these “less obvious” lines, potentially offering an edge.

14) Supply & Demand Line (expanding pivot formation)

• Define an expanding pivot formation:
  • higher high followed by lower low, or vice versa
• Example described:
  • lower low then higher high:
    • sellers were pushed lower, then buyers overpowered them (creating the higher high)
• Remembered level:
  • where sellers thought they formed a significant move
  • later becomes a reaction zone when price returns
• Confirmation:
  • first reaction establishes it
  • sometimes price revisits a second time for another opportunity

15) Initial Trend Angle

• Similar to sloped/geometry ideas, but focused on the early phase of a new trend.
• Steps:
  • identify an expanding pivot near trend start
  • watch for smaller extremes forming early
  • draw an initial trend angle from those early swings
• Confirmation:
  • price returns to the initial trend angle
  • reacts with a clear fractal candle (example mentions a “high volatility Hammer”)

16) Duplicate Initial Trend Angle (extension by angle)

• Steps:
  • identify the initial trend angle (from technique #15)
  • duplicate the same angle to later extremes (subsequent lows/highs)
• Expectation:
  • price retraces to the duplicated angle line
  • shows reaction (e.g., prominent lower shadows)
  • then a turning point occurs

17) Return to Minor Consolidation

• Pullbacks don’t always stop at obvious major levels.
• Setup:
  • after a powerful move, price retraces and forms small consolidation
  • typically low-volatility sideways candles
• Trade trigger:
  • when price returns and volatility increases again, it forms an inside candle
  • enter on breakout of the inside candle high
  • stop below the recent swing low
• Emphasis:
  • reaction matters more than the “minor consolidation” itself (price may ignore or zoom through it)

18) Supertrend Reaction

• Based on Supertrend, which uses ATR.
• Behavior:
  • in uptrends: Supertrend gives dynamic support
  • in downtrends: it gives dynamic resistance
• Steps:
  • wait for price to return to the dynamic level
  • require “obvious” reaction (multiple attempts without breaking)
  • enter after a bullish/strong confirmation candle (described as “bullish certainty candle”)
• After failing to break dynamic support:
  • price moves significantly upward

19) Confirm a Bull/Bear Trap with Classic Candles

• Concept:
  • bull/bear trap liquidity manipulation confirmed by classic candle patterns
• Example:
  • in an up move, price retraces down into lows and reacts upward
  • sometimes an extra small leg down appears to create a bear trap
• Confirmation:
  • price pokes below important lows but fails to close below them (manipulation signal)
  • forms a highwave pattern (high-volatility spinning-bottom variant)
  • enter on breakout of the high of the highwave
• Risk control:
  • stop placed below the low of the bear trap

20) Reversal Divergence in the Retracement + Support/Resistance Switch

• Instead of trying to call the end of the whole trend, it targets the end of the pullback.
• Setup described:
  • a resistance line exists
  • price returns to test it as support
• Confirmation:
  • retracement structure includes minor highs/lows
  • the lower low that hits support aligns with bullish reversal divergence:
    • price makes lower lows
    • oscillator makes higher lows (less bearish momentum)
  • the touch point is also a fractal candle
• Trigger:
  • enter long as the pullback ends and the next upward move begins

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Speakers / sources featured

• Main speaker: The video creator / instructor (speaks directly throughout; named references not clearly legible in the subtitle text)
• Other named speakers: None clearly identified
• Software/tools mentioned:
  • TradingView (e.g., cyclic lines tool, indicator plotting)
  • Supertrend / ATR-based indicator concept