Contents

Cover

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Preface

Does the Profile Still Work, after All These Years?

On the Long Road to Expert

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Novice

Laying the Foundation

Introduction to Day Timeframe Structure

Normal Day

Normal Variation of a Normal Day

Trend Day

Double-Distribution Trend Day

Nontrend Day

Neutral Day

Day Type Summary

Chapter 3: Advanced Beginner

Building the Framework

The Big Picture: Market Structure, Trading Logic, and Time

Evaluating Other Timeframe Control

Other Timeframe Control on the Extremes

Other Timeframe Control in the Body of the Profile

Initiative versus Responsive Activity

Trending versus Bracketed Markets

The Two Big Questions

Chapter 4: Competent

Doing the Trade

Section I

Day Timeframe Trading

Day Timeframe Directional Conviction

Opening's Relationship to Previous Day—Estimating Daily Range Potential

Open within Value—Acceptance

Open outside of Value but within Range—Acceptance

Open outside of Range—Acceptance

April 13,1989

Day Timeframe Auction Rotations

Using Auction Rotations to Evaluate Other Timeframe Control

December Swiss Franc, October 12, 1987

Auction Failures

Monitoring the POC or Fairest Price

Day Timeframe Visualization and Pattern Recognition

Ledges

High- and Low-Volume Areas

Section II

Long-Term Trading

Attempted Direction: Which Way Is the Market Trying to Go?

Buying/Selling Composite Days

Directional Performance: Is the Market Doing a Good Job in Its Attempts to Get There?

Long-Term Auction Rotations

Transition: Bracket to Trend

Transition: Trend to Bracket

Detailed Analysis of a Developing Market

Long-Term Short Covering and Long Liquidation

Corrective Action

Long-Term Profiles

Special Situations

Spikes

Balance-Area Breakouts

Gaps

Markets to Stay Out Of

News

Beyond the Competent Trader

Chapter 5: Proficient

Self-Understanding: Becoming a Successful Trader

Self-Observation

The Whole-Brained Trader

Strategy

Summary

Chapter 6: The Expert Trader

Chapter 7: Experience

Set Aside Your Expectations

Mind Over Markets in Profile

Market-Understanding and Self-Understanding

The Trader's Dilemma

The Most Important Omission from the First Printing in 1990

Hierarchy of Information

Timeframe Control—Who Is Dominating the Current Session?

Markets Are Visual

We Are All Day Traders

Appendix 1: Value-Area Calculation

Volume Value-Area Calculation

TPO Value-Area Calculation

Appendix II: TPO versus Volume Profiles

Single Price Level Distortions

End of Day Total Volume versus Ongoing Volume throughout the Day

Anomalies

Too Focused on Volume

Conclusion

Suggested Readings

About the Authors

Index