What Is Volume Profile?
Volume profile shows how much volume traded at each price (not each time). Instead of a bar per candle, it draws a horizontal histogram revealing where the most trading happened — the price levels that matter most to the market.
Key terms
- Point of Control (POC): the price with the most traded volume — a magnet and key level.
- Value Area: the range where ~70% of volume traded — ‘fair value.’
- High-Volume Node (HVN): price areas of heavy activity that act like support/resistance.
- Low-Volume Node (LVN): thin areas price tends to move through quickly.
How to use it
Price often reacts at the POC and value-area edges, and slices quickly through low-volume nodes. Combining volume profile with structure and liquidity gives you high-probability levels to watch for entries and targets.
Why it helps
It answers a question raw price can't: where does the market actually agree on value? That makes your support/resistance far more objective than eyeballing lines.
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What is the point of control in volume profile?
The Point of Control (POC) is the single price level with the highest traded volume in the period. Price is often drawn back to it and reacts there.
Is volume profile good for day trading?
Yes — it highlights the levels the market cares about most, which makes intraday support, resistance, and targets more objective.
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