Engineering Alpha

Engineering Alpha

Seeing the Market Through Weight and Intent

A Deep Look at Volume Profile and the Story Hidden in Every Bar

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Sofien Kaabar, CFA
Mar 18, 2026
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Long before Volume Profile (VP) found its way onto modern platforms, traders already understood that price alone was not enough. The old floor traders could feel activity in the pit.

They could hear the surge of orders, sense the shift in participation, and judge the strength of a move by the way the crowd behaved. When electronic trading replaced bodie…

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