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A Market Profile is an intra-day charting technique (price vertical, time/activity horizontal) devised by J. Peter Steidlmayer, a trader at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), ca 1959-1985. Steidlmayer was seeking a way to determine and to evaluate market value as it developed in the day time frame.
There are 3 key components of Auction Market Theory: Price – Advertise opportunity in the market. Time – Regulate price opportunity. Volume – Measure the success of failure of the auction. Volume is variable and represents the interaction of market participants at different levels.
Jan 31, 2007 · Markets in Profile. 1st Edition. by James F. Dalton (Author) 4.6 203 ratings. See all formats and editions. Markets in Profile explores the confluence of three disparate philosophical frameworks: the Market Profile, behavioral finance, and neuroeconomics in order to present a unified theory of how markets work.
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A market profile represents the distribution of prices over time, creating a graphical representation of market behavior. The key elements of the market profile include: Time Price Opportunity (TPO): TPOs represent the number of contracts traded at specific price levels within a given time frame.
Feb 23, 2020 · Auction market theory is the underlying philosophy that drives the decisions of most traders who use market profile, while market profile is simply a tool; a means to organize market data. What is Auction Market Theory? Auction market theory is a philosophy for observing and trading the financial markets.
Jan 12, 2024 · Market Profile is based on the concept of Time-Price Opportunity (TPO) and comprises three fundamental components: Price, Time, and Volume. The result is a visual representation of the market’s auction process, revealing patterns of herd behavior and the ebb and flow of price over time.
An important aspect of Market Profile theory is that it pushes us to view market behavior from the bottom up, not just from the top down. Many traders taking a “macro” perspective attempt to predict market behavior from what is going on in the economy or from monetary or geopolitical developments.