hard · Volume Profile Analysis profile-anatomy
A single session in the S&P 500 e-mini prints a distinctly double-distribution profile: a large node clusters at 4505 (38 contracts, the session's single highest-volume row) and a second, nearly-as-large node clusters at 4522 (36 contracts), separated by a thin thumb of low-volume rotation between them. Late in the session, price closes and settles at 4521, directly against the upper node.
Given this profile shape, which read of the day's control is best supported?
- The POC is fixed at 4505 by definition since it holds the highest single-row volume, so the 4522 node is noise regardless of the close
- The 4522 node is the true POC by raw volume, but the 4505 node should now be discarded since price closed away from it
- The POC is 4505 by raw volume, but the near-equal 4522 node plus the settle there marks a real second area of accepted value
- Because the two nodes are nearly equal, the true POC should instead be recalculated as their volume-weighted midpoint price
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