Market Profile
Technical analysisA distribution showing how much time price spent at each level during a session.
In plain terms
Where the market considered itself fairly priced, rather than where it merely traded.
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Point of control
Technical analysisAlso called: POC
The price level at which the most time was spent in a Market Profile distribution.
In plain terms
The session’s fairest price. A magnet while the market is balanced, irrelevant once it trends.
TPO
Technical analysisTime Price Opportunity — one unit of time spent at one price, the building block of Market Profile.
In plain terms
Counting minutes at a price instead of shares traded there.