Auction Market Theory and Market Profile

1. General rule: BUY below POC/VPOC, SELL above POC/VPOC
2. Philosophy behind is that there are no long term players in the market who generate a long term trend (In other words buy cheap / sell expensive)

This is because traders believe that the fair price is in the POC / VA area, and for this reason both sides want ot return to this area (the price ranging in classic words)

1. Special confluence rules: specific (personal) confluence factors: PA, MA's, Delta, Divergence and etc
2. TP and SL probably based on some Low/High Value Nodes
3. Risk: if we have misunderstood the type of market, active players will "kill" us

Examples of specific strategies:

Author: @Sanme (return to VA)

1. BUY if the last (in day range) candle 1HR closes in the low value area which is below high value area, the buy with target TP of low of high value area
2. SELL if the last (in day range) candle 1HR closes in the low value area which is above high value area, the sell with target TP of high of high value area

Active strategies

1. General rule: BUY above POC/VPOC, SELL below POC/VPOC
2. Philosophy behind is that there ARE long term players in the market who generate a long term trend
3. In other words buy expensive, believing that it will be even more expensive, buy cheap, believing that it will be even cheaper (go with long term trend players)
4. Special confluence rules: specific (personal) confluence factors: PA, MA's, Delta, Divergence and etc
5. TP and SL probably based on some Low/High Value Nodes
6. Risk: traditionally, we did not get on the train which is necessary and the right one left in a different direction

Examples of specific strategies:

Author: Fortyfive20 (for currencies)

1. BUY if actual price is: above last weekly VA & above weekly highs & above EMA120
2. SELL if actual price is: below last weekly VA & below weekly highs & below EMA120

3. Profile types i.e weekly, daily, specific period, the last swing - so far I treat as a personal choice.

4. Minimum and Maximum value nodes as S/R

1. In range profile (for example last swing or some specific from-to) there is also VPOC, VA and etc.
2. There are also set of minimum and maxium value nodes, which we can treat as demand and supply zones (support and resistance) or as a TP or SL
3. I do not have an opinion yet, but each maximal node can be treated as a local VPOC.
4. Each such node has its own local VA. There are low volume areas between these local VAs.
5. The price either hovers in this local VA or jumps between local VAs.
6. The incentive to jump is that jumping to a different local VA level is inexpensive because there is no volume / liquidity between local VAs.
   I imagine an exemplary PA in such a way that when buying / sellers are fighting in the local VA (maybe it is an accumulation or distribution) if there is another VA above / below the current local VA and it makes sense for long-term players, they will inject volumens for a moment, to "grab" positions (volume) from that other local VA. In practice, such a jump is "obtaining liquidity" and for example a candle with a long shadow
7. I have read various theories, and for example, some believe that nodes with a low level of volume reject the price, and with a high level they attract (like in responsive type of strategy), but according to it's just an illusion to me, if we are looking for last swing VP. IMHO, long-term players jump through the low volume zone to the high volume zone, grab at least some new volume and go back to the original VA
8. Of course, this is just a theory, because if they jump over there, they can become "active" and go even further.

Examples of specific strategies:

Author: @Funky Koval

1. Generate VP for the last swing on H1
2. Switch to the M15 / M5
3. Treat the high volume levels as typical S / R levels and play for a rebound or breakout
4. Use closest high volume nodes as TP / SL levels

Tip: as we know, all it's not about predicting the future in 100%, but choosing the setup that gives you the highest probability of ending in positive way (so simple and so hard