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Value area edge
The value area holds the middle 70% of a session's activity. Its high and low are the two prices the profile crowd watches most. This fires on the first touch of yesterday's boundary and draws it forward.
What it looks like on a chart
A horizontal line at the VAH or VAL, from the bar that touched it.
| Timeframe | Bars of history it reads | Settings | Events, last 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| M15 | 400 | 50 rows, session-low origin, one count per touching bar | 471 |
| M30 | 400 | 50 rows, session-low origin, one count per touching bar | 472 |
| H1 | 400 | 50 rows, session-low origin, one count per touching bar | 466 |
| H4 | 400 | 50 rows, session-low origin, one count per touching bar | 1 |
Not on D1. It built on a SESSION — the profile, the first hour, the prior day's extremes. On D1 a session is one bar and the question is empty.
Related scanners
- Naked POC the busiest price of that same profile, marked on the first return to it
- 80% rule what the same VAH and VAL are used for when the day opens outside them
- Volume value area the same 70% band weighted by volume instead of by time
- Day type what kind of day the session that produced this value area was