Quote from z32000:
I was wondering how to determine what's considered increasing and decreasing volume...
You might find a review of Gaussians, as well as a review of my posts with respect to 'Determining the size of the Forest' helpful to your understanding. Gaussians always match the channels - always. If they don't, then you are not looking at the correct channel (Forest) size. In an up channel, From the most recent High
across the channel back to the right trend line volume will always decrease from the high back to the trend line - always. When price breaks through the right trend line, volume increases. Increasing or decreasing volume does not always refer to
bar to bar analisys. If your channel (Forest) is wide enough, decreasing or increasing refers to the channel as price traverses it - not bar to bar. If price requires 14 bars to retrace back to the right trend line, then you
will have decreasing volume from the Point where Price began its retrace back to the trendline.
Quote from z32000:
A lot of times, I can see either 2 or 3 bars that are probably double the standard average sized bar... and everything else is just mainly random...
"A lot of times" isn't a very accurate measure of the past. Besides, measuring the 'standard' sized bar has nothing to do with the PV Relationship. What you call 'random' represents the market acting within the confines of the PV relationship, but at a finer resolution - or smaller channel.
Quote from z32000:
also, does anyone have any idea where I can find the SPX, SPY or ES graphics beyond 1 decade? Free would be great if possible.
Someone feel free to correct me if I am wrong here, but didn't the SP E-mini Contract begin in September of 1997? If so, you should experience some difficulty finding data 'beyond a decade.'
Good Trading to you.
- Spydertrader