In the previous discussion, we developed the Market Memory Zones indicator by identifying key areas where price demonstrated meaningful intent—whether through displacement, structural transition, or liquidity sweeps. We translated raw price movement into structured zones that visually represent where imbalances, control shifts, or liquidity events occurred. Rather than marking arbitrary support and resistance, the indicator was designed to highlight locations backed by behavioral evidence: ...
Mark Minervini describes variations of this behavior through the Volatility Contraction Pattern (VCP). Other traders refer to it as “tight price action” or a “coiled spring,” while John Bollinger formalized part of the idea with the well-known Band Squeeze. Regardless of terminology, the behavior itself appears across markets—forex, indices, equities, and crypto—because price rarely transitions directly from trend to trend without an intermediate balancing phase. The practical ...