Analysis By Sylvain Vervoort - Capturing Profits With Technical

Vervoort’s core idea was brutal in its simplicity: He called them “profit capture zones”—specific price levels where institutions were forced to cover or take profit. Most retail traders bought breakouts. Vervoort taught Martin to sell them.

“When the crowd is euphoric,” Vervoort wrote, “the smart money is distributing.”

But Vervoort’s system—a combination of a slow stochastic oscillator, a 10-period RSI, and a proprietary “end-of-trend” signal—flashed . Vervoort’s core idea was brutal in its simplicity:

Martin set a limit order to short NVDA at $495—a full $10 above the current price. His hands trembled. This was the opposite of what every guru said.

Sylvain Vervoort’s approach isn’t about being right—it’s about building a repeatable, statistical cage around price action. Capture zones, end-of-trend signals, and rigid risk management turn technical analysis from art into engineering. And engineering, not emotion, captures profits. “When the crowd is euphoric,” Vervoort wrote, “the

Martin almost laughed. He’d read Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets . He knew what a head-and-shoulders pattern looked like. But knowing and doing were different planets.

Then a friend slipped him a worn-out PDF: Capturing Profits With Technical Analysis by Sylvain Vervoort. This was the opposite of what every guru said

He had learned, at last, to trap it.