Definition
A Buying Climax occurs after a sustained rise when very wide up bars and climactic volume meet enough professional selling to halt the advance. The close is often off the high and later weakness confirms distribution.
Market psychology
Public enthusiasm provides demand into which larger interests can sell. Exceptional effort produces diminishing upward result.
Recognition rules
- A mature prior uptrend
- Exceptionally high or highest relative volume
- Wide up spread with rejection or little progress
- Stalling, an upthrust, or markdown follows
Common mistakes
- Calling every high-volume breakout a climax
- Ignoring continued strong closes and acceptance above resistance
Teaching example
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Public enthusiasm creates exceptional effort late in the trend. Limited follow-through and subsequent weakness show that supply entered the advance.
- Market phase
- Distribution
- Pattern
- Buying Climax
- Timeframe
- D1
Why is trend location essential?
The same volume earlier in a move may represent demand rather than distribution.