Alex Benjamin – CBOT Seminar on Market Profile (101 & 102)

Alex Benjamin – CBOT Seminar on Market Profile (101 & 102)

Market Profile ® is a graphic representation that shows price and time information as a distribution. Key benefits include:

• Determine amount of time, number of ticks and volume traded at specific price levels or price ranges during a period
• Identify prices perceived as fair by the market
• Identify support and resistance levels to anticipate future price movements

In Market Profile ® charts, each group of lettered boxes shows the price or price range where trades occurred in a lower interval of time than the main chart (usually 30 minutes). In ProRealTime, each letter is also associated with a colored box to make reading the chart easier. Key points on the chart include the following:

• The Point of Control or “POC” (red triangle) shows the price or price range that was the most traded during the profile
• The Value Area (red line) shows the price range in which at least 70% of trades took place
• The Initial Range (blue line) shows the price range where trading occurred during the first two periods of the profile (A and B)
• The green triangle shows the opening price
• The blue triangle shows the close price (or last price for the developing profile: this price is also shown in the box on the price axis)