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World 4 · Indicators · lesson 15 · level 4
Volume profile
Volume profile shows how much traded at each price, so busy prices act like magnets and quiet prices get skipped.
What it is
Price fell back to the price where the most trading happened, and bounced.
Your task in the app
Where did most trading happen? Buy, sell, or wait?
How often it worked
| Market | Times found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India (NSE) | 635 | 38% | 58% | 4% |
| United States | 921 | 41% | 56% | 3% |
| Japan | 288 | 42% | 56% | 2% |
| Crypto | 11,593 | 35% | 57% | 8% |
| Commodities | 406 | 39% | 56% | 5% |
Counted on real past charts by the Trading Class research engine, 13,843 cases in all. Past odds, not a forecast.
Read more on the Volume profile bounce pattern page.
Goal of this lesson: Read a volume profile and use high-volume and low-volume areas as levels.