Definition
Weakness is evidence of professional selling, supply overcoming demand, or lack of support. In VSA it commonly appears on up bars through upthrusts, buying climaxes, or no-demand action.
Market psychology
Advancing prices attract public buying while professional interests sell or refuse to support the rise.
Recognition rules
- Look first on up bars and rallies
- Compare effort with upward result
- Require a weak close, low demand, or later bearish confirmation
Common mistakes
- Assuming every red bar is weakness
- Ignoring strong background and successful tests
Teaching example
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The high-volume breakout does not hold. Exceptional effort produces rejection rather than continued progress, and subsequent lower closes confirm distributional weakness.
- Market phase
- Distribution
- Pattern
- Upthrust
- Timeframe
- H4
Where does VSA often reveal weakness?
Professional selling is often easiest to observe as price rises into demand.