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A D-shaped (bell-curve) volume profile for the NQ shows a POC at 20,500 with the volume bars visibly symmetric on both sides — roughly equal height above and below the POC.
Which session characteristic does this symmetric, D-shaped profile most reliably indicate?
- A strong directional trend in which aggressive participants steadily absorb every single available offer all the way up
- A gap-and-go session where price opened far away from fair value and never once rotated back toward it during the day
- A news-driven spike day where unusually heavy volume printed at both price extremes and ended up dominating the entire profile shape
- A balanced, two-sided auction where buyers and sellers reached agreement near the POC and neither side gained a decisive advantage
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