Module 1: Identifying Supply and Demand

In this module, we lay the foundation of all market movement: supply and demand.

Every price point is the result of an agreement between a buyer and a seller—an invisible handshake that reflects conviction, need, and strategy. When more people are willing to buy at a price than to sell, price rises. When more want to sell than to buy, price drops. It’s that simple—and that powerful.

Price doesn’t move randomly. It moves when imbalance exists. Scarcity causes urgency. Surplus brings hesitation. These forces create the candles we see on a chart—and when we look closer, we begin to spot where the real decisions were made.

In the world, we see examples everywhere: toilet paper shortages during the pandemic, rising food costs during inflation, oil spiking on news, or housing markets driven by scarcity. The same forces behind these events are what drive every move in the futures or forex markets.

But the average trader doesn’t see this. Retail traders often chase breakouts, rely on lagging indicators, and fall for emotional traps. Institutions, on the other hand, create liquidity—they want the crowd to buy so they can sell. They want the crowd to panic so they can enter. They operate on intention, not emotion.

When institutions act, they leave behind a footprint. These are the supply and demand zones: areas where large buy or sell orders were executed. You can spot them as patterns like rally-base-drop or drop-base-rally. The zone itself is the base—the moment of pause before price makes its aggressive move. These are the areas we study, map, and use to prepare.

Fresh zones, those that haven’t been revisited by price, tend to hold more power. Used zones may still be valid, but the more times they’re touched, the weaker they often become. We want to train our eyes to find these zones with accuracy and context—ideally using higher timeframes to support our direction.

Indicators like RSI or moving averages can be useful, but they should never lead your decisions. They lag. Supply and demand, when read properly, lead. They show intention, not reaction.

In this lesson, you’ll mark real zones on real charts. You’ll study charts not as lines and candles, but as human decisions and volume footprints. You’ll begin to ask: who bought here—and why? Who sold—and what happened next?

And finally, you’ll reflect not just on the zones in the market, but on the zones in your mind. Are you seeing what’s truly there, or what you want to see? Are you building your analysis on truth—or on hope?

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight. As you analyze the market, strive to measure honestly. Trade what is real, not what is tempting. Let truth guide your entries—and your life.