POC (Point of Control)
$0.00
Highest-volume price bucket
Value Area High
$0.00
70% of volume — upper bound
Value Area Low
$0.00
70% of volume — lower bound
Volume in Range
— price buckets
📊 Volume by Price (VPVR)
POC Value Area (70%) Outside VA
Price + VPVR overlay
🕓 Market Profile (TPO) — Today
Each letter is a 30-min "Time Price Opportunity". Letters: A=9:30-10:00, B=10:00-10:30, …
D-Shape (normal): balanced auction P-Shape: short covering / one-time-frame buyer b-Shape: long liquidation / one-time-frame seller Trend day: elongated profile, narrow VA
🧠 How to trade volume profile
POC = magnet
Price tends to revisit POC because it's where the most participants accepted prior trade. Use POC from prior session as a key intra-day target/resistance.
Value Area edges = fade zones
Breakouts above VAH that fail back in often pull all the way through value to VAL. Same in reverse. The "80% rule": if price re-enters value after opening outside, ~80% chance it traverses the full VA.
Low-Volume Nodes (LVN) = thin air
Gaps between high-volume nodes are "thin" zones where price moves fast. Find LVNs as fade or breakout points. Often these are stop-run zones.