Weak market vs capitulation within a weak market
Weak market: When the price continuously makes lower lows. It provides small bounces between them only to make another low. It is the type of market where traders give back their profits.
This is the type of market condition that can always be avoided because it has no volume and the moves are mostly weak. (Short positions are driven by the squeeze.)
Capitulation within a weak market – This is the best part of a weak market that can be used as an opportunity. This is where most traders liquidate their trades, get their stop losses triggered, or exit their positions because the market was just slowly bleeding out and not moving.
A capitulation event is very likely to provide you with a relief bounce, and sometimes it is the bottom.
This is what I personally do when the market is weak and there's no volume. I simply sit on the sidelines and watch the market do its thing.
Remember, the best trading strategy is knowing when to trade and when not to.