Volume Profile Trading 3 Steps to Master Daily Chart Analysis

Trade Overview

Cammy Capital demonstrates a short trade using weekly, prior-day, and developing-session volume profiles. The presenter says price opened below the prior day’s point of control (POC), sellers remained in control below the prior day’s value area low (VAL), and price then broke below the prior week’s POC. He entered short on a pullback to that broken level, treating it as resistance.

He reports trading six contracts, using a 5-point stop, and securing 7 points as price moved lower. The trade reportedly produced about $1,700 on a Take Profit Trader funded account and lasted roughly 6–7 minutes. He describes the exit as near 6,015; the subtitles’ reference to “6:15” is ambiguous. These are the presenter’s reported results, not independently verified.

Volume-Profile Workflow

• Weekly levels: On a 1-minute chart, draw a fixed-range volume profile from the prior week’s Sunday open (6:00 p.m.) to Friday’s close (5:00 p.m.). Mark the weekly value area high (VAH), point of control (POC), and value area low (VAL) in orange.
• Prior-day levels: Profile the latest regular trading-hours session, 9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Eastern, and mark its VAH, POC, and VAL in white.
• Current-session profile: Track developing value. The presenter usually starts at 4:00 p.m. and may also profile from the 6:00 p.m. overnight open if earlier volume obscures overnight activity. He uses the profile’s “extend right” setting to follow developing value and POC.
• Directional context: Treat moves below the prior session’s VAL as trading below that session’s value, and moves above its VAH as trading above value. In this example, failure to reclaim the prior-day POC and weakness below VAL supported a bearish bias.
• Entry logic: After price broke below the prior week’s POC with little apparent buying, the presenter shorted a retest of that level, applying the principle that broken support can act as resistance.
• Exit and daily limits: He initially had a 5-point profit target in mind, then trailed the stop as price moved in his favor. His stated daily rule is to stop after one win or, if unsuccessful, after a maximum of two losses.

Instruments, Platforms, and Cautions

• Instrument: Futures contracts; the specific contract or ticker is not identified in the subtitles.
• Platforms and accounts mentioned: TradingView for charting and illustrating executions; DOM-based execution and copy trading on a platform transcribed as “trade of eight”; Take Profit Trader funded accounts, with Apex accounts also mentioned.
• Trading approach: The presenter says he prefers entering at “logical levels” rather than waiting for confirmation, which he characterizes as potentially late and harmful to risk/reward. This is his stated approach, not a universal rule.
• Execution note: He acknowledges an accidental buy execution that he says he quickly corrected.
• Disclosure: No spoken “not financial advice” disclaimer appears in the subtitles.

Presenter/source: Cammy, of Cammy Capital.