How to Apply Volume Profile in NQ Futures
It’s 9:30 AM EST. Your NQ futures trade, triggered by a volume profile signal, executes precisely at the moment the market shifts from consolidation to ...
It’s 9:30 AM EST. Your NQ futures trade, triggered by a volume profile signal, executes precisely at the moment the market shifts from consolidation to momentum. While you’re having coffee, your algorithm captures a 15-point move—before the broader market even notices the trend. This isn’t luck. It’s volume profile applied to NQ futures sessions. Volume Profile is an intra-day charting technique that displays price on a vertical axis against time on the horizontal, forming a bell-shaped curve of trading activity. It was devised by J. Peter Steidlmayer at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) in the 1960s to evaluate market value as it develops within a single trading session. Point of Control (POC) is the price level with the highest trading volume during a specific time period. It represents the most active price level where market participants have agreed on value. Value Area is the range of prices where approximately 70% of the trading volume occurred during a session. It’s calculated as the central 70% of volume distribution around the Point of Control. These concepts form the backbone of volume profile analysis for NQ futures.