$FTAI Bill O'Neill's book HTMMIS had many examples where he wanted to see this kind of action in the green box right before a base breakout. Price wedging right up to the pivot on quiet volume showing buyers and sellers reaching an equilibrium right before the breakout.
$APP I present to you what I consider my Mona Lisa trade. It even outperformed $NVDA this year (without all of the attention). The only other better chart and entry was $SMCI. I recommend O'Neill's book HTMMIS. It helped me identify & manage trades like these from a weekly TF.
'My parting advice:have courage, be positive, and don't ever give up.' I love how O'Niel ended his book HTMMIS. Many probably are having hard times in this difficult environment. Read the below paragraph and take this advice to hear.
Reorganized my bookshelf to put what I consider the best of the best on top--so 'Top Shelf Investing', lol. There are about 20 or educational books (when you eliminate early editions of HTMMIS) and some are just books of chart studies. Just my opinion of course:
I read HTMMIS before the 2020 crash. And started following O'Neil's trading style after that Was able to catch many good stocks due to his teachings in 20-21 market It was because of his book and Interviews, I was able to build my trading capital May his soul RIP Om Shanti
How To Make Money In Stocks (HTMMIS) is one of the top trading books for anyone who trades using technical analysis, and in this book he lays out 6 lessons for investors and traders alike.