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A 10-day composite volume profile in the Russell 2000 futures (RTY) reveals three distinct bell-shaped clusters, each with its own POC, stacked vertically. The clusters are separated by two LVN gaps.
Which of the following correctly interprets the structure?
- This is a Normal Variation day profile in which the three visible clusters are merely minor sub-peaks belonging to one wide, balanced single-session bell-shaped distribution centered on a single common POC
- This is a triple distribution structure; the three areas of acceptance suggest the auction has repeatedly relocated value upward (or downward), and the LVN gaps are imbalance zones vulnerable to fast-move traversal
- This three-cluster pattern is invalid in futures markets and should only ever be interpreted on cash equity charts, where the auction process and value migration genuinely apply to underlying order flow and price acceptance
- The three vertically stacked clusters indicate that three separate instruments have somehow been accidentally overlaid onto a single composite chart, so the entire profile reading should simply be discarded as noise
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