Trading the exhaustion volume: How to spot a structural base vs. a dead cat bounce

When major assets undergo a rapid flush, the biggest mistake retail traders make is trying to catch the exact bottom.

Instead of jumping in on the first green hourly candle, look for institutional sell-volume exhaustion. Watch for the tapering of algorithmic selling pressure and a multi-day consolidation range to form. Let the big players build the floor first, there's plenty of meat on the bone once the trend reverses safely.