4 Free Trading Field Guides: Volume Profile, Market Profile, Order Flow & VWAP
Volume Profile Basics
: Learn to read a Volume Profile on a real ES futures chart: the Point of Control, the 70% Value Area, and the fat and thin areas that show where price agreed and where it moved fast.
Market Profile & Auction Theory
: Understand the market as a two-way auction: how price moves between balance and trend, what the Initial Balance tells you, and how to read a Market Profile (TPO) chart.
Order Flow & Footprint Charts
: Look inside the candle: how a footprint chart shows trades at the bid and the ask, what delta and cumulative delta measure, and how to spot imbalances and absorption.
Advanced Concepts & Integration
: Add VWAP and its standard-deviation bands, then combine Volume Profile, Market Profile and order flow into a written pre-market routine and a trading journal you can study.