A Quick Breakdown of a Clean Momentum Move

A Quick Breakdown of a Clean Momentum Move

Nov 17, 2025

By Barrie Einarson

Some days you open the platform, start scanning around, and one ticker just refuses to hide. That was the case this morning. I wasn’t hunting for anything specific — just letting the scanners do their job — and this setup showed up with exactly the kind of structure I like to see. To Subscribe to Trade Ideas: https://go.trade-ideas.com/SHQ
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What Caught My Attention

It came through the Gap Continuation/Reversal scan, which has been pretty reliable lately. The price action was simple, clean, and not messy the way a lot of gappers can be. The move off the first alert had intention behind it — not just random flickers.

You could actually feel buyers stepping in where they needed to. That’s always a good sign early on.

GoNoGo Paint Tells the Story

I always lean on the GoNoGo colors to confirm what I think I’m seeing. Early on we were getting strong blue bars — exactly what you want during a healthy trend. Eventually, a bit of orange crept in, which doesn’t mean “bail,” it just means, “Okay, pay attention now.”

Momentum never stays one color forever. It’s more like breathing. You have to read the rhythm.

Why It Was Worth Watching

What made this one interesting wasn’t just the move itself, but the room it had on the higher timeframes. When you pull up a monthly chart and see wide-open space overhead, that’s when you start thinking, “Alright… if this thing gets unusual volume, anything can happen.”

At that point, you’ve got two potential plays:

  • continuation if VWAP keeps holding,
  • or a structured short if it finally loses that level.

Either way, it stays on the radar.

A Simple Reminder

You don’t need ten indicators to understand momentum.
You don’t need to force trades.
Just look for clean structure and let the market show you what it wants to do.

Some setups are loud. Some are quiet. This one was clear.