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TPO and Market Profile

Where price spent its time in each session, with the point of control, value area and the day type read for you.

TPO profiles per session on a 30 minute BTC chart, with value areas and naked POCs

What it draws

  • Profiles. One per Asia, London and New York session, per UTC day or per week. US stocks use the regular session.
  • Value area. Where most of the time was spent, with the developing POC as the session runs.
  • Marks. Single prints, naked POCs and value area edges, poor highs and lows, initial balance extensions.
  • Day read. The legend names the Dalton day type, the profile shape (P, b, D, B), the rotation factor and the TPO balance.

Right-click a profile

  • Merge it with the previous or next one, or pick a start and end to merge a range. Unmerge or split it again.
  • Draw its POC and value area as lines, or copy the POC, VAH and VAL.
  • Set an alert on a level.

Good to know

  • Blocks or letters, collapsed or split by period, with an optional volume profile on the same rows.
  • Not on daily or weekly charts. For a profile over any range you pick, use the Fixed range TPO drawing tool.