medium · Volume Profile Analysis profile-shapes
A daily volume profile displays a large volume cluster at the top of the range and thin volume throughout the lower two-thirds of the day's range.
Which profile shape does this describe, and what does it typically signal about the market participants responsible for the move?
- A b-shape profile produced by long liquidation, where trapped longs are forced to offload inventory as price slides lower
- A P-shape profile caused by short-covering, where trapped short sellers bought aggressively into the upper portion of the range
- A D-shape profile produced by balanced, two-sided rotational trade that builds a symmetric bell-curve distribution centered on its POC
- A trend-day profile produced by sustained directional conviction, with buying spread thinly and evenly across the entire vertical range
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