Point of control (POC) — Trading Glossary

The single price in a volume profile where the most volume traded.

Because so much business was done there, price often returns to it and reacts around it. That is a tendency rather than a rule — a strategy built on buying the POC lost money when we backtested it on US30.

Also called: point of control, POC.

Taught in

Volume Profile: POC and Value AreaStrategy Playbook

Where the volume actually traded — the point of control, the 70% value area, and the rules from the VP Strategy Reel.

Also covered in that lesson

Volume profileA histogram of how much volume traded at each price over a period, drawn sideways on the chart — where business was done, rather than when.Value areaThe price range around the point of control that holds 70% of a period's volume. Its edges are the value area high (VAH) and value area low (VAL).

Related terms

Volume profile Value area