The BEST Volume Profile Trading Guide You'll EVER FIND

Summary

The video presents the volume profile as a charting tool that shows how much trading volume occurred at each price level. Unlike a traditional volume indicator, which measures volume over time, the volume profile measures it by price.

• Long profile bars indicate high-volume price areas, where price may slow or consolidate.
• Short bars indicate low-volume areas, which price may pass through more quickly.
• The point of control (POC) marks the price with the highest volume in the selected range and is treated as a possible support or resistance level.
• Value Area High (VAH) and Value Area Low (VAL) bound the zone containing 70% of volume. The presenter describes prices above VAH as relatively “premium” and prices below VAL as “discounted,” where price may return toward the value area.

Chart Setup and Session Methodology

The presenter demonstrates the Fixed Range Volume Profile in TradingView and recommends:

• Enable POC, VAH, and VAL, and make the POC visually prominent.
• Set the row size to 60 and the value area volume to 70%.
• Use an intraday timeframe—anything below the daily chart. The examples use 15-minute and 45-minute charts.
• Apply the profile to the previous completed session, from its first candle to its last, and use those levels during the current session. The presenter’s rationale is that the current session’s profile changes as new price and volume data come in.
• Set the chart time according to the relevant market session.

Three Trading Setups

All three strategies use the previous session’s profile and a 2R profit target in the examples. The presenter frames them as components of one system rather than mutually exclusive strategies.

1. POC Bounce

• Look for a previous session that closed outside the value area.
• Extend its POC into the current session and wait for price to approach it.
• Require directional price-action confirmation near the POC: bearish evidence for a short or bullish evidence for a long. Examples include rejection wicks, follow-through red candles, or a bullish engulfing candle.
• Place the stop just beyond the POC and target 2R.
• A previous session that closed inside the value area is described as invalid for this setup.

2. Value-Area Re-entry Reversal (“Rollback”)

• Look for a previous session that closed inside the value area.
• In the current session, wait for price to move beyond VAH or VAL, then return.
• Require a candle to close inside the value area; wicks entering the zone are not sufficient.
• Buy after a move below VAL and re-entry, or short after a move above VAH and re-entry.
• Place the stop near the relevant swing low or high and target 2R.
• The presenter cautions that this type of reversion cannot be expected indefinitely: price may eventually break out and establish a new value area.

3. Value-Area Breakout Continuation

• The previous session may have closed either inside or outside the value area.
• Wait for a significant break beyond the value area, followed by a pullback toward the boundary.
• The pullback should stay near the level and not penetrate too far back into the value area; otherwise, the setup is invalid.
• Require a structural move in the breakout direction: higher highs for a bullish setup or lower lows for a bearish setup.
• Enter after confirmation, place the stop just beyond the structural break, and target 2R.

The combined-system example illustrates a losing reversal trade of −1R, followed by a breakout trade of +2R, for a claimed net result of +1R for that session. These are illustrative examples, not an audited performance record.

Assets, Instruments, and Claims

• Asset mentioned: Gold, in a promotional example. The presenter says gold was identified near support and later rose by more than 3,000 pips. No ticker, date, trade details, or independently verifiable performance data are provided.
• Platform/tool: TradingView Fixed Range Volume Profile.
• No specific stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, bonds, or other tickers are identified.

Disclosures and Cautions

• The video does not explicitly state “not financial advice.”
• The strategies are presented as ways to seek higher-probability setups, but the examples do not establish expected returns or a verified win rate.
• The presenter warns against entering solely because price crosses a profile level and emphasizes following the setup conditions and confirmation.
• A free guide and Telegram community are promoted; the presenter also claims to share daily market analysis.

Presenter/source: The presenter is unnamed; the source is Data Trader.