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Volume doesn't lie: why Flow won't trade a setup without it
A perfect-looking setup with weak volume? Flow passes. He won't trade unless volume backs the price action — because without it, there's no conviction behind the move.
Flow doesn't trade a setup unless volume supports the price action. "I'll see the perfect setup, but if volume's been low, I'm gonna chill — I don't trade it." You can be directionally right, but without volume there's no conviction behind the move — and that's exactly when a reversal catches the people who traded on price alone.
No volume, no conviction
"I don't trade unless the volume supports price action," Flow says. "You could be directionally right, but if that volume is not there, there's no conviction behind the move." That's when a reversal shows up — "while you're over there thinking price is going to continue." It's the same idea from his framework webinar: volume can matter even more than the chart pattern alone.
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