TrapMap Basic — Saël Lab

TrapMap — Saël Lab (Basic Edition)
Short Description (Final English Version)

TrapMap — Saël Lab
A structural imbalance detector that identifies two opposite forms of mismatch between internal movement energy and the actual price result.
When impulse strength and price displacement do not align, a trap is formed.

Why there are two types of traps

Imbalance can appear in both directions.

1) EnergyTrap — high energy, low price movement

The market shows strong internal activity:
– many trades but small in size,
– growing impulse, acceleration, local pressure,
– overall flow that normally should push the market.

Yet the price barely moves.
This often indicates:
• absorbed liquidity,
• fake strength,
• failed breakout attempts,
• resistance from a larger participant.

2) PriceTrap — strong price move, weak underlying energy

Price moves an unusually large distance relative to ATR:
– a sharp push,
– fast displacement over several bars.

But the internal structure is weak:
– few trades, but with larger size,
– low impulse acceleration,
– insufficient pressure to justify the move.

This behavior suggests:
• exhaustion of the current move,
• manipulative spikes,
• stop-runs,
• false momentum without supporting flow.

Core Logic

TrapMap analyzes:
• normalized impulse energy (speed × strength),
• trade structure (many small vs few large trades),
• ATR-based displacement,
• comparison of energy vs result across a multi-bar window,
• directional context of the attempted move.

A trap forms when the outcome is inconsistent with the effort,
or the move is not supported by internal energy.

Use Cases

• detecting false breakouts,
• filtering weak impulses,
• identifying manipulation zones,
• spotting trend exhaustion,
• analyzing uncertainty around local highs and lows.

Works on all markets and timeframes.

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