Price moves in response to institutional activity, market liquidity needs, and algorithmic execution. These forces can be identified on stock charts when price, leading hybrid indicators, and the Cycle of Market Participants are analyzed together.
In this MetaStock Conference session, Martha Stokes, CMT applies Relational Technical Analysis (RTA) to current market charts selected just prior to the presentation. RTA evaluates how price behaves in relation to volume, hybrid indicators, and support and resistance to determine which market participants are active and the degree of control they exert.
You will see how professionals evaluate:
Institutional accumulation and distribution
Dark pool participation and its influence on price movement
High-frequency trading pressure and elevated gap risk
Trend development conditions that signal instability or continuation
This analysis provides practical context for trade selection, risk evaluation, and trade management in markets dominated by professional participants. The emphasis is on understanding market behavior through chart logic, using leading indications of institutional activity to guide well-structured entries and exits.