There are really no magical insights that I know of. You can work on your understanding of price action, and see what you can see from your charts. It will not always work, and definitely will not be perfect.

From what you wrote, it appears that you may be familiar with some of the price action ideas of Al Brooks. If not, his books do give good guidance into the different characteristics of different market conditions, although they can be difficult to wade through. He recently published a 3-book set; I would try the first book of the series and see what you get out of it.

Otherwise, it is just practice, and patience, and feeling your own way.

Good luck with it.