Quote from dkm:
How does the increasing black vol at 13:50 help you conclude that the sequence is not complete at 14:35?
Quote from romanus:
The 'crude' logic I am using here is as follows: (1) the market is in non-dom retrace of the down traverse, (2) there are only 3 cases where increasing non-dominant volume found when price is moving from pt2 to pt3, (3) 13:50 [close of] bar is not one of them. 1+2+3= therefore we have not reached pt3 at the end of this retrace.
It's not very elegant verbalization, but I notice this type of situation over and over again.
The ultimate answer lies, I believe, with how Gaussian lines track dominant vs non-dominant Price Movement.
Two posts I think may provide the final piece of the puzzle:
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2087295#post2087295
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2105207#post2105207
I don't have the clear picture of an elegant rule here, but I am working on that.