TPO vs Volume Profile: How to Use Both Together

Most traders put a volume profile on their chart and think they're reading the auction. They're reading half of it. TPO shows you TIME: where the market stayed and how the auction unfolded. Volume Profile shows you MONEY: where business actually got done. In this video I break down what each one is, every component of both, and how to combine them into one map of the auction, with a coffee-shop analogy that makes it click. 🎁 Free Market Profile guide (PDF): https://drive.google.com/file/d/16q0I... Chapters 0:00 Why you're reading half the auction 0:20 The market is an auction 0:44 What is TPO? 1:18 What is Volume Profile? 1:43 TPO: Point of Control & Value Area 2:14 TPO: Initial Balance & Range Extension 2:32 TPO: Single Prints 2:47 TPO: Tails & Poor Highs / Lows 3:17 TPO: Profile Shapes 3:44 Volume Profile: POC & Value Area 4:06 Volume Profile: HVN & LVN 4:27 Naked POCs & Composites 4:46 How to combine them 5:10 Compare the two POCs 5:35 Compare the two value areas 5:55 The four cases 6:36 Is the move real? Acceptance = time + volume 7:04 Your session workflow 7:44 Recap No level is an edge on its own. Context, timing and risk management decide the rest. Educational only, not financial advice. Instagram: @skydweller.trades #marketprofile #tpo #volumeprofile #auctionmarkettheory #orderflow #daytrading