medium · Volume Profile Analysis profile-shapes
Across five 30-minute periods in a Market Profile session, the profile develops as follows: periods A-B build a range from 5,300 to 5,320 (initial balance); periods C and D extend upward to 5,338 with moderate volume; period E reverses to 5,312 and closes there. On the resulting visible range profile, the upper zone from 5,322 to 5,338 shows very thin volume.
What does this profile shape suggest about the upper extension?
- The extension up to 5,338 was fully accepted by the auction, and the thin volume printing there confirms that a fresh High Volume Node is now forming
- The thin upper zone from 5,322 to 5,338 is a single-print or near-single-print area — an unsuccessful upside probe that may act as resistance on the next approach
- Period E's late reversal can be safely disregarded here, because on upward extension days the market reliably closes back above its initial balance range
- The profile confirms a textbook Double Distribution Day, since price physically visited two distinct and clearly separated price areas during the same trading session
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