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In an uptrend, price pulls back. You wait for VSA Lite to draw a blue arrow or icon labeled "No Supply." This tells you that despite the falling price, professionals are not selling. The volume is dry.
Enter the trade on the next bar when price closes above the high of the "Test" bar. Place your stop loss just below the "No Supply" low. The Psychological Edge The greatest benefit of VSA Lite is not the arrows on the screen—it is the psychological discipline. Most traders buy breakouts. VSA teaches you to sell breakouts (Upthrusts) and buy breakdowns (Springs). Tradeguider Vsa Lite
| Feature | VSA Lite | VSA Pro | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Daily, Weekly, Monthly | Intraday (1min to Monthly) | | Scanning | Basic pre-defined scans | Custom scan builder | | Exploration | Limited to 10 stocks at once | Unlimited portfolio scanning | | Alerts | Basic bar alerts | Advanced multi-condition alerts | | Learning Curve | Low (Pick-up-and-play) | High (Requires VSA mastery) |
The core premise is simple:
TradeGuider VSA Lite is arguably the most honest "indicator" on the market. It does not predict the future; it simply visualizes the real-time battle between supply and demand. For the retail trader tired of being the "liquidity" that institutions feed on, VSA Lite acts as a pair of glasses that finally makes the invisible hands of the market visible.
Disclaimer: Trading involves risk. Past performance of VSA patterns is not indicative of future results. Always use a stop loss. By [Author Name] In an uptrend, price pulls back
After No Supply appears, the price might dip one more time to take out a low. VSA Lite will mark a "Test" —a bar with wide spread but ultra-low volume. This is the professional "checking" if the market is ready to go up.
Do not fight the Composite Operator. VSA Lite will color-code the background of your chart—Green for an Up-trend, Red for a Down-trend. Wait for a pullback within the trend. Enter the trade on the next bar when
In a world dominated by algorithmic execution and dark pool liquidity, the average retail trader often feels like they are swimming against a current they cannot see. Enter —a software solution that attempts to level the playing field by decoding the relationship between Price, Volume, and Spread.
Originally developed by Gavin Holmes (based on the pioneering work of Tom Williams), TradeGuider is the flagship application for . VSA Lite is the entry-level gateway to this methodology, offering a distilled version of the professional software. What is VSA Lite? Unlike lagging indicators (RSI, MACD, Moving Averages) that tell you what just happened, VSA attempts to tell you why it happened. VSA Lite is an automated pattern recognition engine that scans price bars and volume bars to identify the "Cunning Plan of the Smart Money."