POC, VAH, VAL for the current day using Monkey bars

[shakib3585]

Greetings all,

Borrowing from @FutureTony's
https://usethinkscript.com/threads/naked-poc-finder-for-thinkorswim.8215/

I am trying to find the POC, VAH, VAL of a volume profile that is based on an entire trading session (pre, regular, and post) for a current day using monkey bars. I have tried with the attached code but it seems it is changing with changing aggregation. Please help.

Thanks

def yyyymmdd = GetYYYYMMDD();
def multiplier = 1;
def period = CountTradingDays(Min(First(yyyymmdd), yyyymmdd), yyyymmdd) - 1;
def count = CompoundValue(1, if period != period[1] then (GetValue(count, 1) + period - period[1]) % multiplier else GetValue(count, 1), 0);


def timeInterval = period;
def aggMultiplier = 1;
def agg_count = CompoundValue(1, if timeInterval != timeInterval[1] then (GetValue(agg_count, 1) + timeInterval - timeInterval[1]) % aggMultiplier else GetValue(agg_count, 1), 0);

def agg_cond = CompoundValue(1,  agg_count < agg_count[1] + timeInterval - timeInterval[1], yes);

def digit = CompoundValue(1, if count then 1 else agg_cond + GetValue(digit, 1), 1);

profile monkey = MonkeyBars(digit, "startNewProfile" = count, "onExpansion" = no);

def con = CompoundValue(1, no, no);
def cond = CompoundValue(1, count < count[1] + period - period[1], yes);

profile vol = VolumeProfile(startnewprofile = cond, onExpansion = no);

def pc = if IsNaN(vol.GetPointOfControl()) and con then pc[1] else vol.GetPointOfControl();

plot poc = pc;

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[Babel]

Maybe misunderstanding you, but using monkey bars to find volume poc/vah/val doesn't really make sense, these are two different types of profile (time@price VS volume@price)

I can tell you that your POC is shifting over different time aggregations because ToS does not use true tick data to build its volume profiles. They will never be perfectly accurate and will look different depending on how granular the aggregation you're viewing is.

If you want the closest to 'true' values i would recommend using a tick chart (ex: i use 2000 tick for /ES), i have compared these profiles to other software and poc/vah/val values are usually pretty close to what they should be.

Hope this helps

 

[shakib3585]

Maybe misunderstanding you, but using monkey bars to find volume poc/vah/val doesn't really make sense, these are two different types of profile (time@price VS volume@price)

I can tell you that your POC is shifting over different time aggregations because ToS does not use true tick data to build its volume profiles. They will never be perfectly accurate and will look different depending on how granular the aggregation you're viewing is.

If you want the closest to 'true' values i would recommend using a tick chart (ex: i use 2000 tick for /ES), i have compared these profiles to other software and poc/vah/val values are usually pretty close to what they should be.

Hope this helps

Thank you for your reply @Babel. Can you please help with an example script as how to plot a POC using a tick charts

 

[Babel]

A tick chart is just an alternative to a time based chart, it is not a part of any script. where you see your current timeframe you can click once, then click 'timeframe', then select 'Tick' under aggregation type.

I do not use any special script just the standard VolumeProfile script provided by ToS or this custom one which splits overnight/rth into separate profiles https://tos.mx/83fvWWk

I was only trying to explain to you why your POC is changing under different aggregations, this is a limitation of ToS. Hope that makes sense