6 - Advanced Volume Profile _ Fractal Flow Pro - Chrome 2026-04-25 00-39-54

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the elements like we have established previously the elements of the market profile will appear in the volume profile and there is a high correlation between the time distribution of the market profile and the volume distribution of the volume profile however the volume profile has one advantage in my opinion which is the fact that we have more flexibility to ground it on specific price movements

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Another advantage in relation to the market profile is that we can observe the evolution of the value area and the point of control more easily. Since this is an advanced order flow course, I'm assuming you know how the volume profile works, but in case you don't, it simply shows the volume traded across price levels in the form of a horizontal histogram. In this image, we have a typical volume profile plotted from a significant low to a significant high.

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The standard way of plotting the profile involves the volume histogram, which are the horizontal bars, the value area high and low in blue, and the VPOC or volume point of control in red. As a standard, the value area width is 70% like you can see here, but some traders use a setting of 40% when they want to observe a narrower zone. Notice that the point of control doesn't change, only the value area limits change.

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Notice that in this case, the value area sits in the largest consolidation in this upward price movement. This is where price has spent the greatest amount of time and where most of the volume is concentrated. The VPOC, which stands for Volume Point of Control, is the price level where buyers and sellers have traded the most. The value area is a range of fair value while the VPOC is a specific price level, the fairest value according to the volume distribution.

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This is what is immediately obvious once we plot the standard volume profile. However, observe that we can detect several secondary peaks and troughs in the profile. It's also possible to observe areas where volume stays flat. The interpretation will change in the flat volume areas depending whether it is high or low volume. The other element we can observe here is the progressive increase and decrease in volume, which naturally leads to high volume nodes and low volume nodes.

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One important thing related to the volume profile is to detect the kind of volume action at the extremes, recalling that we plot the volume profile at the extremes of important price movements. Technically speaking, a price extreme is an area of great rejection, so volume is expected to be progressively low, or simply low and flat as we reach the very tip of the reversal. This is what we call a finished auction, meaning that the price extreme was formed properly.

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When volume action is not low at the extreme, we can spot an unfinished auction. That means there is unfinished business in that price extreme and the market might want to revisit that level to finish the auction, so to speak. This can be useful when trying to determine if a train has ended in the definition of a target or in the anticipation of a bull or bear trap pattern. In this example, we can see that the low is a finished auction.

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We can see flat, almost non-existing volume in the lower shadow. In the high, we can see an example of unfinished auction. Volume is flat and high for an extreme in there. That means that the low was formed properly and the high was not. Recall that, generally speaking, higher volume implies higher liquidity. Let's now move to a less common way of seeing the profile, which is through what's called the developing VPOC or dynamic VPOC.

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In this image, you can see that I erased the volume profile, value area, and point of control, and I plotted the developing VPOC, which shows the evolution of the point of control as price moves. There are a few behaviors we can spot here. The dynamic VPOC can move in stepwise motion, like we can see in the beginning here, and in this case, the dynamic VPOC can act as a support or resistance.

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Another behavior is that when the dynamic VPOC remains flat, price will rotate or oscillate around it, as if we were looking at price oscillate around the moving average of Bollinger Bents in a ranging market, for example. Another detail is that sometimes the dynamic VPOC shifts dramatically, like we can see here. This is also referred to as migration. That basically means that the market has found a new fair value.

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It's important that you realize that the dynamic VPOC is more sensitive to price in the beginning of the movement because there is less data in the profile. This sensitivity decreases as price moves.

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over time, similarly to what happens with the anchored view app. So this property of the dynamic VPOC working as support and resistance tends to be greater in the beginning, and price rotations tend to happen later. One interesting addition to the dynamic VPOC is the dynamic or developing value area, like we can see here. This is the same principle of the dynamic VPOC. It shows how the value area has evolved during the formation of the price movement.

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In this case, we see the 70% dynamic value area. Since this is an upward price movement, we can see that price continues to break and push the dynamic value area high, now returning to the dynamic value area low. Notice also how the dynamic value area in the dynamic VPOC tend to shift dramatically in unison. Just like we can change the setting from 70% to 40% in the static value area,

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We can do that in the dynamic value area. In this image, you can see the dynamic value area using a setting of 40%. Immediately, we observe how this provides a more precise reading.

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The limits of the dynamic value area show great levels of support and resistance throughout the development of the price movement, recalling that both the dynamic VPOC and the dynamic value area are more sensitive in the beginning simply because there is less data in the profile. It's important also that you acknowledge the relative nature of the profile. In this image you can see the same price movement, but with the profile plotted in different parts of it.

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In the profile on the left, the dynamic VA and VPOC show different elements and support and resistance levels in comparison to the profile on the right. This is one example where we observe the problem of different crowds of traders observing the same tool, but in different time horizons. In conclusion, the volume profile shows objective levels for price reaction, but the plotting of the volume profile is subjective.

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The volume profile, like any other meaningful training tool, requires a contextual reading to be fully understood. Let's now talk about some techniques that emerge logically from the elements we have seen so far. The static elements of the volume profile, such as the value area high and low, and the VPOC, can serve as great tools to determine supply and demand zones or supply and demand lines.

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That's the case when we see price retracing against the previous movement and we want to find out where in that movement the greatest volume is concentrated and therefore the fair value. This will serve as support or resistance because the area or line of the fairest value will generally have high liquidity and therefore the difficulty for price to go through. Here we have an example of the 30-minute NASDAQ futures.

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We see price going up, then retracing against this upward movement, and then resuming the upward direction. When we observe that the upward price movement is finished, and we have two significant extremes in place, that's the moment we can deploy the volume profile to see where the value area and point of control are. By plotting the profile from 1 to 2, we see that the fair value happened near the low of the movement.

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Notice that supply and demand zones based on the volume profile work better with a setting of 40%. The 70% is too wide. If we extend the value area and VPOC to the right, we'll see how price ends up responding to that zone and line with good precision. The value area high and low act as a demand zone, and the VPOC act as a demand line in this case.

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One major detail is that whenever you work with any type of line or zone, you must observe the behavior of price action when it encounters the level in question. Observe how price reacts multiple times to the VPOC in this case. Another detail here is that within the demand zone outlined by the profile, we can see a small bear trap pattern following the Wyckoff jargon. Another detail is that both the VPOC and the value area low produce reactions to price.

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multiple times in the VPOC and one time in the value area low. Price eventually takes off, rendering the zone successful. Here in this chart of the 4-hour Euro futures, we have a more subtle example. The profile was plotted from 1 to 2. Price creates a bump down when it reaches the supply zone, but it quickly breaks it to the upside.

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Notice that before breaking the supply zone to the upside, price reacts to the value area low as support, giving one small indication of what will happen next. The reversal at 3 occurs partly because price encounters another high-volume node, but since it's not the VPOC, the detail can go unnoticed. One interesting example...

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here to demonstrate the subjective nature of how we plot the volume profile is to change the grounding position of number two to a previous low like you can see here. Now the high volume node that we identify in the previous profile is the VPOC. The point here is that by changing the grounding of the profile, we can have different perspectives of the same thing. Observe how price creates a small bump down when it reaches the value area low. Then it breaks it to the upside in the direction of the VPOC.

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and then creates a great reaction down, breaking some of the previous minor lows. Price then comes back to the value area low to retest it as resistance once again. From that point on, price indeed reverses to the downside with more significance. This is not the only reason why price reversed there, of course. Here we are only looking at price from the perspective of the volume profile, so we can understand its nuances a little better.

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One interesting technique we can use with the volume profile is observing flat volume areas, especially flat low volume areas that occur within wide range candles. If we recall the auction market theory, we'll know that areas of low volume are also areas where price spent a short amount of time, generally speaking. This means price rejects these areas as fair value, so low volume areas are areas of unfair value and areas of low liquidity.

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When we have flat ranges of price with low volume, we can spot areas of rejection that repelled price with violence, more than in the case of a low-volume node. For example, here we have a 4-hour gold futures chart. I marked an upward price movement from 1 to 2. We can see that inside its movement, there is a wide-range candle. This is where we can investigate areas of unfair value, rejection, or imbalance by taking a closer look at the volume profile.

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In this image, you can see the profile of that upward price movement. So now we can see what happened inside that wide range candle with more granular detail. Notice that we have two areas of flat and low volume. There are other areas of flat volume, but for this example, we are interested in the areas with the lowest volume to detect the greatest level of rejection. Notice how price reacts to both flat low volume areas later on when it comes back.

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Once again, it's easy to think that this is the only reason price reversed there, but we have other elements here. For example, these two clear support lines are also part of the equation here. They happen to correlate with the flat low volume areas in that wide range candle. The idea here is to show you that inside a wide range candle, there are specific ranges of prices where price accelerated the most or was repelled with the greatest velocity as a result from being rejected.

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and price can come back later and hold this rejection. These precise areas cannot be seen with price action alone. The volume profile is one of the tools that can be used for that. But we can also use the footprint in alignment to get an even more detailed view to enhance our understanding, but we'll talk about that later in the course. In this chart of the 45-minute oil features, we have an example of how flat low-volume areas don't necessarily happen within one candle.

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They can happen across candles that move rapidly. Notice that a zone marked in yellow is the flat volume area with the lowest volume in that movement from 1 to 2. Price returns to that area and resumes to the upside. Once again, price can be repelled from these areas because that has happened before, and market participants tend to hold these recent events in memory. Notice also that flat low volume areas, which are also areas where there is a liquidity void, so to speak,

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are not perfectly correlated with the geometry of candlesticks. We need order flow tools to access where the areas dwell precisely. Assuming you can see these order flow elements simply by looking at price action is incorrect. Sometimes, price action will react to an attractor, meaning a high-volume area or node, at the same time that it reacts to a repeller, meaning a low-volume area or node. For example, here we have the 1-hour S&P.

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The narrow zone represents an area of flat high volume, and the wider area represents an area of flat low volume. Notice that, at the same time, the narrow area attracts price, since it was a previous area of fair value, acceptance or balance. The wider area repels price, since it was a previous area of unfair value, rejection or imbalance.

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The lower shadows of the candlesticks that initiate the bullish reversal subsequently react to both of these areas simultaneously. We can also think about this in terms of liquidity. The flat high volume area represents high liquidity, meaning...

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an area where price might have difficulty passing through. The flat low volume area is the opposite, but it also has this characteristic of being a repeller. Despite the apparent contradiction, this event ends up being quite useful. In this chart we have another example, now in the 4-hour time frame, but now with high and low volume notes instead of flat areas.

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Notice how price reacts to a high volume node in the lower line at the same time that it reacts to a low volume node in the upper line. You might be thinking that it is difficult to choose which one of the nodes to pay attention to, but recall that we are simply observing the volume profile in isolation here. I'm not saying that these points are the only reason why price reversed.

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There are always multiple reasons why price reverses in certain areas. We are just looking at one piece of the puzzle here so we can understand a broader context later. Let's now take a look at some examples of trend trading using the dynamic VPOC to gauge the analysis. Here we have the 4-hour S&P again. Notice that right in the beginning of the profile we have a VPOC migration to the upside.

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And right after that, we see a candle clearly reacting to the VPOC with a prominent lower shadow, recalling that candle shadows are also a display of rejection. So at the same time the price is attracted to the dynamic VPOC, it is also being repelled by it, depending on your perspective. Notice also how that candle is also reacting to an obvious support. In this sense, the dynamic VPOC can serve as additional confirmation.

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Spotting the high quality trade opportunities is all about collecting a set of clues that lead to an overall context. Techniques in isolation are simply not strong enough to trade with high quality. Since we are talking about integration of techniques, if we plot the profile on that initial move up, we'll see that price is also reacting to a flat low volume area. A little bit later into the trend, we see a similar phenomenon.

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There is a VPOC migration to the upside, and we see a candle rejecting the dynamic level. We also spot how price has reacted to a support line just before, similarly to what happened in the beginning of the trend. By plotting another profile there, we can see that this time price reacted to a flat high volume area. This cannot be stressed enough. High-quality trade opportunities happen when there are enough distinct elements happening at the same time in price.

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Don't fall for the temptation of believing that it's just because of the support or just because of the dynamic VPOC. The greater the number of techniques you see intersecting in time and price, the greater your chances of getting into a high-quality trade. Remember that we want to act on the intersection of multiple crowds of smart traders in time and price. If we look at the same chart now, but from the perspective of the dynamic value area, we'll see how it confirms the ideas we just saw.

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Look how price reacts to the dynamic value area. You can think of the dynamic value area as a dynamic supply and demand zone, especially in the setting of 40%. The idea here is to show you a few non-obvious intuitions about the volume profile. Later, we'll see how to combine these intuitions together with other order flow tools in a complete analysis. Keep in mind that order flow tools hold a tremendous amount of information,

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and the complete knowledge of all these nuances is vast. Like I said, in this course we are just exploring the most important intuitions, so you can learn how to think about order flow in a specific manner. In this way, with enough experience, you have the keys to access the vast knowledge of how order flow forms price action. With the elements of the volume profile outlined, it's time to move on to the volume footprint.

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