Stock trading and Market Profile
Author: Trader Jack
The concept of Market Profile has been promoted most effectively by J. Peter Steidlmayer. In his excellent work 'Mind Over Markets', Steidlmayer explains why he thinks Market Profiling is so unique. I have found it useful myself, of course, and offer here a quick overview in case you find the topic stimulating.
Central to Market Profile theory is the concept of the 'Value Area'. This is a continuous slice of the days's action that holds a standard deviation of the market activity (i.e. roughly two thirds of the day's action is confined to within this area). The Value Area is determined in advance based on yesterday's action, and can be large or small, depending on (upon other things) volatility. Markets have 2 k...
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