Fixed range volume profile
A fixed range volume profile is a volume profile computed over a start and end chosen by the trader, such as a single swing, a news move or a balance area, instead of a session or a rolling window. The range stays fixed when the chart scrolls or new bars arrive, so the profile describes exactly the period selected.
Senzoukria · Glossary · Updated September 2026
Why profile a chosen range
- A swing from low to high: where did the move trade most, at its base, in the middle, or near its top?
- A news move: was the new price level accepted, with volume building there, or crossed on thin trading?
- A multi-session balance area: where is its center, and where are its thin edges?
- A single auction phase that session boundaries would cut in two.
A worked example
After a release, a future moves from 4,980.00 to 5,020.00 in forty-five minutes. A fixed range profile drawn over exactly those bars shows its point of control at 5,012.00, a value area from 5,006.00 to 5,017.00 and thin rows between 4,985.00 and 4,995.00. The reading is that the move was accepted near its top, while the lower part was crossed with little trade and remains a low volume area below the new value. A session profile would have mixed those forty-five minutes with the rest of the day.
In Senzoukria
The Profile tool in the drawing toolbar draws a volume, bid/ask or delta profile over any rectangle of bars and prices: its types are Vol, A/B, Δ, Δ% and Δ+V, and a statistics box lists the number of bars, total volume, delta, POC and value area. 'Rows' keeps rows at least 3 pixels tall in Auto mode, or groups 1 to 20 ticks per row, or splits the range into 50 to 400 rows, with finer control in the advanced settings. The drawing is stored per symbol and chart and can be moved, locked or undone. The TPO profile tool is its Market Profile counterpart: drag a range to get the letters, POC and value area of that range; a range shorter than one bracket returns no profile rather than a flat rectangle, and because each chart bar falls whole into one bracket, brackets finer than the chart's bars cannot be reconstructed; the tool says so instead of correcting silently.
Common mistakes
- Drawing the range to start before the first loaded bar: bars that are not loaded contribute nothing and the profile is partial.
- Comparing two fixed ranges built with different row sizes; grouping can move the point of control.
- Choosing the range after the fact to fit a conclusion, then treating the profile as independent evidence.
Related
- Volume profile
- Composite profile
- Selection profile drawing tool
- Session volume profile
- Visible range volume profile
- Volume profile resolution
In the same section
- Fixed ratio sizing
- Fixed fractional sizing
- Fixed-moneyness skew
- FIX protocol
- Flatten
- First notice day
- Fleeting orders
- Final settlement
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the difference between a fixed range and a session volume profile?
- A session profile is cut by the session boundaries of the instrument, such as the CME day. A fixed range profile is cut wherever you choose. The fixed range is better for studying one move or one balance area; the session profile is better for comparing days with each other.
- Does a fixed range profile update with new bars?
- Not beyond its end. Its start and end are fixed, so bars arriving after the end are not included. That is what makes it reproducible: the same drawing on the same data always gives the same profile.