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# Find Trading Opportunities Using TPO Profile Charts

[Watch Today](https://youtu.be/3vfdP-mmirQ)

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### Get a Complete Picture of Market Activity Across 3 Dimensions: Time, Price & Volume

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### See Through the Noise of the Markets

Learn how futures traders use TPO profile charts to find trading opportunities by understanding the fundamentals of how to analyze the amount of trading activity, based on time for each level the market traded at, for any given period of time. This allows you to easily see the areas where the market is trading most of the time and helps you analyze price, volume, and time in a single chart. 

**In This Video You Will Learn:**

**What are TPO Profile Charts**

- Letters
- Time vs Volume
- Value Area
- Initial Balance
- POC vs VPOC

**How Are TPO Charts Used By Traders**

- Value Area (Day Levels vs Context from prior Day - higher, lower, overlapping)
- Initial Balance
- Step back away from the noise
- Nuances - 1 time framing, poor hi/lo, weak hi/lo

**How to Open a TPO Chart**

- Walk through steps
- Splitting and Merging profiles

**How to Configure TPO Charts (Common Settings)**

- Open the Chart Editor and go through the settings, showing how to build a chart

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[Watch Today](https://youtu.be/3vfdP-mmirQ)

 

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