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Pocket Pivot
An up-day on volume above the largest down-day volume in the base — early institutional support signal.
A pocket pivot, described by Gil Morales and Chris Kacher, is a bullish volume signature inside a base: an up-day whose volume exceeds the highest down-day volume of the prior base segment.
It suggests buyers stepped in with enough force to absorb prior selling — often before the formal pivot break. Pocket pivots are used as early accumulation clues, not standalone buy signals.
Swing Edge's volume-quality scoring incorporates similar volume-vs-prior-sell-day relationships when grading base formation candidates.