VSA sign of weakness:
below are the major sow(s). theses are not trading signals on stand alone basis. background and structure are the keys. with strength in the background sow would not work. with weakness in the background sows are excellent to go short or to cover long.
- upthurst
- top reversal/2 bar upthrust
- hidden upthrust
- no demand
- effort vs. result
- pushing through support
- buying climax
VSA sign of strengths:
- 2 bar bottom reversal
- selling cliamax
- test
- hidden test
- pushing up through supply
- spring
- stopping volume.
with regard to definition of the above one can refer to various material on vsa or tom williams book. there may be couple of more but the above 7 are what i follow in reading supply demand imbalance.
if one is interested in learning them, pick one and keep on identifying them on chart till the time you become an expert of it and then move to next one. work like a crazy and insane person to get command over them. as these are one of the building blocks (other 2 are background and structure) of chart reading mastery.