Adaptive Volume Profiles for Tracking Market Nodes

Summary

This indicator builds a rolling volume profile from completed bars and adjusts price-bin width using Average True Range. It limits the number of bins, identifies the Point of Control as the highest-volume bin, and expands from it to calculate the Value Area. Bins unusually high or low in volume are marked as High Volume Nodes and Low Volume Nodes. Volume can come from tick data or real exchange data when the feed supports it.

The document proposes using the Point of Control as a potential mean-reversion target, the Value Area boundaries to gauge whether price is extended, and Low Volume Nodes as possible continuation levels. It suggests fading moves toward the Point of Control when momentum weakens, or looking for continuation after a forceful Low Volume Node break. These are trading interpretations, not tested results: no backtest or performance evidence is supplied. The profile depends on the chosen lookback, recalculation interval, volume feed, and node thresholds, so its levels should be treated as context rather than reliable predictions.

Key ideas

• Bin width scales with current ATR, adapting profile resolution to volatility.
• The profile uses recent completed bars to calculate the Point of Control and Value Area boundaries.
• High and Low Volume Nodes are classified by their deviation from average bin volume.
• The proposed uses include mean reversion toward the Point of Control and continuation through Low Volume Nodes.
• The document provides no backtest evidence for these interpretations.

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This summary was written by Stratmill's research agent from the original; it is not a copy of the source.