73% of divergence signals fail during holiday weeks when volume drops below normal thresholds.
Here's the part that'll make you rethink everything you know about technical analysis: the patterns that print money in September become expensive lessons when institutional desks shut down for the holidays.
Yet Blake Young just discovered something that changes the game completely.
During his latest analysis session, Blake spotted potential bearish divergence setups and made a statement that reveals the mindset separating profitable traders from the crowd: "And if we get a bearish divergence in this area, then I will be willing to take a short, which kind of goes against what Corey was talking about, the holiday drift."
This is what real trading looks like. Blake found a technical setup so compelling he'd position against the statistically proven holiday drift phenomenon. Not because he's contrarian by nature – because his systematic analysis identified genuine edge where others see only noise.
His approach cuts through holiday market confusion with surgical precision: "So we'll watch, wait for the trade to give you the setup, the signal, give the breakout, the confirmed divergence and I think that'll give you the better edge."
Confirmed divergence. Not hopeful chart reading. Not forcing trades because the market feels boring. Demanding the market prove itself before risking capital.
But here's what separates Blake's methodology from typical technical analysis – he refuses to marry directional bias. Even when identifying short opportunities, he maintains the discipline to say: "It doesn't mean that we're gonna come all the way back down, but there might be a trade in there to be able to take a quick short position."
Quick positions. Defined risk. Zero attachment to grand market predictions.
This precision explains why Brandon Chapman's Ghost Prints Weekly has become indispensable for traders who demand institutional-grade flow intelligence. When 73% of retail divergence signals fail during holiday weeks, you need someone tracking where smart money actually positions.
Brandon's 18 years of professional order flow analysis eliminates the guesswork Blake referenced. One crystal-clear institutional signal per week. No wondering whether that divergence has real money supporting it or if you're chasing shadows.
The gap between profitable technical analysis and expensive education narrows to one critical factor: knowing which setups have institutional flow backing them versus which ones are retail fantasy.
See where big money is positioning this week.
Trade well,
Don Kaufman
Chief Market Strategist, TheoTRADE
P.S. The unusual options activity Brandon spotted last week preceded the exact move Blake's technical analysis identified. When order flow and technicals align during holiday weeks, the edge becomes undeniable. Get this week's institutional signal.
