Journal

Field notes on profiles and structure

Articles rooted in volume profile and market structure mapping—written for traders who mark charts by hand before the open.

How to track when the value area drifts higher or lower overnight and what that shift implies for the next morning’s opening auction.

A practical way to mark equal highs, equal lows, and thin shelves so your structure map shows where resting orders are likely to cluster.

How to stitch five session profiles into a weekly composite without losing the story of each day’s auction.

Why the shape of the first-hour profile often foreshadows whether the day becomes a trend, a balance, or a reverse.