Complete Guide to Setting Up Candle POC
It's 8:45 AM, and your algorithm just identified a key volume cluster at the POC level on your ES futures chart. While other traders are still scanning ...
It's 8:45 AM, and your algorithm just identified a key volume cluster at the POC level on your ES futures chart. While other traders are still scanning for patterns, you've already placed your trade based on institutional volume activity that happened just 15 minutes ago. This is the power of Candle POC in NinjaTrader 8—seeing where the market truly concentrated its activity, not just where price moved. Candle POC is the price level within each individual candle where the most volume was traded. It reveals where market participants were most active during that specific time period, offering micro-level insight into price acceptance and rejection. Key fact: The Point of Control (POC) represents the price level where the highest volume was traded during a specific time period, making it a critical magnet for price movement. Unlike traditional volume profiles that show aggregated volume over sessions, Candle POC breaks down volume distribution to the candle level. This micro-volume profiling gives you precise insight into how institutions are positioning themselves within each price bar, rather than waiting for session-level profiles to form.