VRVP — Visible Range Volume Profile

VRVP (Visible Range Volume Profile) bins every traded contract in the visible chart window by price level and paints the totals as horizontal bars docked at the right edge of the chart. Each bar is split into buys (right half) and sells (left half) using real taker-buy data from the exchange, not estimated from candle direction. The thickest bar is the Point of Control (POC) — the price where the most volume changed hands. The central 70% of volume around the POC is the Value Area (bounded by VAH on top and VAL on the bottom). High-volume nodes (HVN) act as magnets and supports; low-volume nodes (LVN) act as fast-moving zones — once price breaks through an LVN it usually runs to the next HVN. On top of the silhouette the indicator runs an optional signal engine that detects eight VRVP-based setups and prints ▲ / ▼ markers on the chart, each carrying a suggested entry, stop and target.

Settings reference

The dialog has five sections — VRVP for the profile chrome, Signals and Patterns for the detector, Detection thresholds for tuning, and TP/SL for the suggested entry / exit prices.

Bar density and width adapt to vertical zoom and screen size — zoom in on a price band and the rows automatically thicken so the per-bar volume label appears. The profile reserves a small fraction of the chart width as an overlay, sized down on mobile so candles remain readable.

What it draws

VRVP paints three layers, each independently toggleable.

The 8 signal patterns

Each kind carries a suggested entry (the trigger bar's close), an anchor (the trigger wick), and both a Structure-based and an ATR-based SL/TP — the TP/SL mode switch only changes which pair is drawn.

The detector runs on the visible-range profile — pan or zoom and the universe of valid setups changes, which is exactly what "Visible Range" means in the indicator's name. Markers that scroll out of view stop showing; bring the window back and they reappear.

How to read it

• POC at trend mid-range — fair-value pivot. Mean-reversion trades anchor here, breakouts use it as their measure-from line.
• POC at the extreme of the visible range — out-of-balance market; statistically expect a return toward the wider Value Area.
• Value Area as a range — when price oscillates inside [VAL, VAH], treat the edges as fade levels. Use VAH→ / VAL→ markers as your bounce trigger.
• HVN as support / resistance — wait for a clean reject + candle confirmation before fading. HVN is sticky.
• LVN as a fast zone — once breached, expect a quick run to the next HVN. Great for momentum continuations.
• +HVN / -HVN markers are stronger than a generic HVN bounce — they only fire on HVNs that are skewed by taker flow, so they encode who built the level on top of how big the level is.
• Break markers (▶VAH / ◀VAL) require above-average volume by design. A break without the marker is a low-conviction probe — usually fades.
• Profile shape D — single fat node — balanced range; chop. Trade the Value Area edges, not the middle.
• Profile shape P — fat top + thin bottom — buyers dominating; expect breakout up.
• Profile shape b — thin top + fat bottom — sellers dominating; expect breakdown.

Common pitfalls

• Mistaking VRVP for CVD Profile — both split buy and sell, but VRVP is built over the whole visible window and refreshes when you pan or zoom; CVD Profile draws one anchored profile per session. Use VRVP for "where on this chart did volume cluster?", CVD Profile for "what happened in this specific session?".
• Reading signals on illiquid pairs — the break and HVN patterns require real volume conviction. On a thin alt the visible-window average drops, so any tick clears Break vol × and the markers spam. Use them only on pairs with a stable liquidity profile, or raise the multiplier.
• Forgetting the cooldown — once a kind fires it goes quiet for Cooldown bars. If you're expecting a second VAH reject and don't see one, the engine isn't broken — the cooldown is gating it. Either lower the cooldown or watch for a different kind on the same level.
• Treating Structure and ATR SL/TP as the same — they aren't. Structure anchors to VRVP levels (POC, opposite-side HVN, measured move) and changes shape with the profile; ATR anchors to recent realised volatility and is symmetric. Pick one consciously per setup; flipping the mode mid-trade silently moves your levels.
• Pattern toggles default-on — all eight detectors are enabled when you flip Show signals. On a busy chart the marker stream can look noisy; turn off the kinds you don't actually trade so the ones you do stand out.
• POC chasing on a forming bar — the visible profile updates with every tick. Don't pin a trade thesis to a POC that's still moving — wait for the trigger bar to close, or let the cooldown protect you from re-firing on the same setup.

What's next

• CVD Profile — directional, per-session version of the volume profile.
• TPO — time-at-price profile; cousin of VRVP that bins minutes spent at each level instead of contracts traded.
• Volume — bar-by-bar magnitude without the price-level breakdown.
• Large Trades — the per-print view of what actually fills the profile rows.
• Orderbook Heatmap — pending liquidity at each level (resting orders, not executions).