Module 6 · Putting It Together
Final Exam
Mixed questions across the whole course. Aim for SHARP (≥90%).
In this lesson you'll
- Synthesize concepts from all six modules
- Read live charts under exam conditions
- Confirm you're ready to study real markets
No new material — this exam mixes everything: mechanics, metrics, imbalances and patterns. Take your time, read each chart, and apply the workflow. Your score is saved automatically.
Final exam
Answer all questions. Each is graded instantly with an explanation.
Why that's off: Sign and side are reversed; bid exceeds ask here.
Why that's off: That's the sum, not the difference, and the sign is wrong.
Why that's off: 1720 is the total volume, not the delta.
Delta = Ask − Bid = 740 − 980 = −240. Negative, so aggressive sellers dominated on net.
Why that's off: Effort with no new high is the opposite of strong continuation.
Why that's off: This is heavy ASK (buy) volume, not bid-side selling.
Why that's off: Exhaustion shows tiny/shrinking prints; 470 is the opposite of a single print.
470 contracts lifted the offer at 4520.75 but price couldn't extend above the 4521.00 level — large effort, no result. That's the absorption signature: a passive seller soaking up the buying.
Why that's off: Same-row is the horizontal mistake.
Why that's off: That's the BUY imbalance comparison.
Why that's off: The VAH isn't part of the imbalance test.
Sell imbalances are diagonal: bid volume at X against the ask one tick above it. If the bid dominates by the ratio, the bid cell highlights red.
Why that's off: If sellers were truly in control, CVD would make a lower low too.
Why that's off: Divergence at an extreme is a meaningful tell.
Why that's off: It shifts odds; it doesn't guarantee direction.
Price lower low + CVD higher low = bullish divergence: aggressive selling is not confirming the new price low, hinting at hidden buying / absorption and a possible turn up.
Why that's off: Unfinished requires volume on both sides at the extreme; here the bid is zero.
Why that's off: Absorption is about heavy volume with no movement, not a zero print.
Why that's off: A stacked imbalance is several diagonal imbalances in a row.
A finished low prints volume on the ask only with a zero on the bid — the auction turned away cleanly. An UNfinished low would have non-zero volume on BOTH sides.
Why that's off: P-shape leans bullish (POC high).
Why that's off: b-shape leans bearish (POC low).
Why that's off: A thin I-shape is a trend day, not balance.
A symmetric D-shape with the POC in the middle is the balance signature — the market rotated around fair value, favoring mean-reversion to the POC.
Why that's off: Trading every imbalance is precisely the over-reading trap.
Why that's off: Aggregated data corrupts the bid/ask split — the opposite of helpful.
Why that's off: Delta alone (no level, no context) is exactly how false signals get traded.
The disciplined approach — level first, trigger second, on good data, with invalidation defined — filters out the noise that traps over-readers. It's the throughline of the whole course.
Educational content only. Nothing here is financial or trading advice. Order-flow and options patterns shift probabilities; they never guarantee outcomes.