medium · Volume Profile Analysis profile-shapes
A session volume profile on the NQ shows a wide, thin distribution — a single-TPO-wide column of letters spanning from 20,300 to 20,550 with no discernible POC bulge and very low volume at every price level.
What type of day does this thin, elongated profile most closely represent?
- D-shape balanced day showing a symmetric, bell-shaped volume distribution that is centered on one clear POC
- Double-distribution day showing two distinct, well-separated volume bulges divided by a thin low-volume gap between them
- Gap day whose printed profile is incomplete because the underlying volume data for several time periods is simply missing
- Trend day — price moved directionally and spend little time at any individual level, leaving thin volume throughout
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