Initial balance
High and low of the first brackets, with optional extension levels once the range extends.
Map the session · TapeCrest Volume Profile
Volume Profile + TPO Know where value sits.
Volume and time at price in one tool. Session, composite, visible-range and anchored profiles with POC, value area and TPO letters, built, split and merged right on your NinjaTrader 8 chart.
$219launch price
Launch price until May 6, 2027, then $279.
One-time payment · lifetime licence for two computers · 7-day trial first, no card · 14-day money-back
Also in TapeCrest Complete: all six paid tools for $654.
Volume Profile + TPO opens on launch day with its 7-day trial in your TapeCrest workspace. No card, no automatic charge.
Both open your TapeCrest workspace: start the trial there, or buy the lifetime licence.
At a glance
What is TapeCrest Volume Profile + TPO?
TapeCrest Volume Profile is an indicator for NinjaTrader 8 that shows where the market did business, by volume and by time, in one tool: volume and delta by price, TPO letters, value areas, volume and TPO points of control, untested levels, the initial balance and single prints, in a panel beside your candles.
- Type
- Indicator for NinjaTrader 8
- Works with
- NinjaTrader 8 · Order Flow+ optional
- Price
- $219 launch price, then $279 · one-time payment
- Trial
- 7 days from your first activation. No card, no automatic charge.
- Licence
- Lifetime, two computers. Online licence check at start and while it runs.
- Included
- English guide (PDF) and 4 templates: Light, Dark and the Decision 5m and 15m chart templates
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Support
- Chat with the developer in your TapeCrest workspace, screenshots welcome.
The film · 1:39
Volume Profile + TPO in 1:39.
In English, with subtitles. The caption under each film says what you see: recorded NQ sessions, re-drawn, or a simulation.
The problem
Candles show where price went.
A profile shows where it was accepted.
Value moves during the session. The price that traded most, the band that held 70% of the volume and the prices the market touched only once are invisible on candles, and redrawing ranges by hand every morning costs the minutes you need before the open.
- 01
Value drifts and the chart does not show it
Developing POC and value area draw where fair value moved, bar by bar.
- 02
Volume and TPO in two tools that never agree
One tool, one session definition and one row size, so time and volume compare directly.
- 03
Ranges redrawn every day
Anchor, split and merge on the chart, then lock the range you want to keep.
Try it here
Drag a range.
Watch value move.
A simulated night and open on 10-minute bars. Drag across the candles, anchor a profile, split it in two or merge it back. Switch to TPO to see the letters.
Drag across the candles
Overnight · 18:00–09:30 · POC — · value area —
Illustration with simulated data
Scopes and displays
Any stretch of the market.
Five ways to read it.
Profile scope
- Session
- Week
- Month
- Composite days
- Rolling bars
- Fixed range
- Visible range
- Anchored
- All loaded
- Swing
Display
- Volume
- Traded volume by price, with POC and value area.
- Delta
- Net buying or selling at each price, where bid/ask data is available.
- TPO
- Time at price: one letter per time bracket, such as 30 minutes.
- Volume + TPO
- Time and money side by side, each with its own POC and value area.
- Volume + Delta
- Total volume with the delta read next to it.
Presets to start from
- Intraday Decision
- A context card on the candles and a narrow volume and TPO panel.
- Clean Volume
- A simple distribution.
- Auction TPO
- Time-based structure.
- Combined Context
- Volume and TPO compared.
Auction structure
The details profile
traders look for.
Single prints, tails, excess
Interior single prints and single-bracket tails at the extremes, with minimum run lengths you set.
Poor highs and lows
Extremes visited by several brackets, marked as unfinished business.
Note Describes structure; it is not a forecast.
Split days
Two distributions separated by single prints, each with its own TPO POC.
Day type
Normal or trend day from the IB share of the range, held back until the close by default or shown live as provisional.
Open and close
Where the session opened and closed against value: above, inside or below.
Levels that carry forward
Yesterday's value,
on today's chart.
- 01
Developing POC and value area
A stepped line shows where the POC and the value area stood at every bar.
- 02
Naked POCs
Untested volume POCs from up to twenty completed sessions stay drawn until price trades them, with a tolerance you set.
- 03
HVN and LVN
High- and low-volume nodes marked beside the profile.
Note Executed volume, not current resting liquidity.
- 04
Layers
A focus profile, a context profile and a third layer on one chart, for example today's session against a 20-day composite, each with its own display and scope.
Data and precision
Exact where your data is,
and honest where it is not.
The profile is as precise as the data behind it, and the chart shows which source it used.
| Source | What to expect |
|---|---|
| OneTick | Available trade prices and sizes. Bid/ask split where the provider stamps it. |
| Auto · Volumetric | Tries a one-minute volumetric series first; depends on your platform entitlements. |
| OneMinute | An estimated distribution from one-minute bars, marked as estimated. No delta. |
| TPO | Built from the history you load. Missing history changes the profile. |
Requirements and limits
What you need,
what to expect.
| Platform | NinjaTrader 8. |
|---|---|
| Market data | Trades with sizes: Auto tries a one-minute volumetric series, OneTick reads every trade, OneMinute estimates, without delta. Order Flow+ optional, no Tick Replay. |
| Sessions | Follows the chart's Trading Hours, or a custom window in the chart time zone. |
| Orders | None. Volume Profile is an analysis tool and places no orders. |
| Guide | An English guide with a quick start and all 254 settings explained, group by group. |
| Templates | TapeCrest Light and Dark, plus Decision 5m and 15m chart layouts as starting points for ES, NQ and their micros. |
| Price | $219 launch price, then $279 · one-time payment See pricing |
| Licence | 7-day trial from your first activation, no card. The lifetime licence is a separate one-time purchase. |
| Device | Two computers, managed in your workspace. Licence check online about every five minutes; it keeps working up to 15 minutes offline. |
Own it
One payment.
No subscription.
- Pay once
- A lifetime licence for each tool you choose. No monthly fee.
- No scheduled expiry
- The licence has no end date. The tool verifies it online at start and about every five minutes, and keeps working up to 15 minutes offline.
- Two computers, your choice
- Each licence runs on two of your computers. Add, release or change one yourself in your workspace; anything it cannot do, the developer sorts out in the chat.
- Try before you buy
- Every paid tool has its own 7-day trial. No card, no automatic charge. After you buy, you have 14 days to ask for a full refund.
How a trial runs
- Day 1Your first activation starts the seven days. Creating an account or downloading does not.
- Day 6Reminder by email: 48 hours left.
- Day 7Reminder by email: 24 hours left.
- After day 7Access stops on its own. Buy the lifetime licence if the tool earned its place on your chart.
NinjaTrader 8 · Internet connection for activation and licence checks · Two computers during the trial
$219launch price
Launch price until May 6, 2027, then $279.
One-time payment · lifetime licence for two computers · 7-day trial first, no card · 14-day money-back
Also in TapeCrest Complete: all six paid tools for $654.
Questions
Volume Profile questions
Still unsure? Write to support@tapecrest.com.
Why do the volume POC and the TPO POC differ?
They measure different things. The volume POC is the price with the most traded volume; the TPO POC is the price visited in the most time brackets. When they disagree, time and money disagree about value, which is the comparison the combined display is built for.
Do I need Order Flow+?
No, and Tick Replay is not needed either. OneTick builds the profile from available trade prices and sizes, and Auto tries a one-minute volumetric series first when your platform provides it. Delta needs bid/ask classification from your data.
Is TPO a separate product?
No. Volume profile and TPO come in one tool, with one licence and one trial.
Can I keep yesterday's levels on today's chart?
Yes. Untested volume POCs carry forward until price trades them, and layers show a prior session or a composite next to today.
Does it place orders?
No. It maps volume and time at price on your chart: information for your own reading. What you do with it stays your decision.
Launch access
Be first when
Volume Profile opens.
Leave your email and we write to you when Volume Profile + TPO and its 7-day trial open. Add any other tools you care about.
The complete kit
TapeCrest Complete
All six paid tools. One payment.
$654launch price
Launch price until May 6, 2027, then $899.
Bought separately: $1,194
Included, each with its own lifetime licence
Trade Copier · Volume Profile + TPO · Liquidity Heatmap · Footprint · Absorption Premium · Absorption Levels
- Six lifetime licences, each for two computers
- One payment, no subscription
- Full refund within 14 days of purchase, for any reason
- Try any tool for 7 days first; buying does not restart a trial you already used
- Tools released later are not included
Checkout opens on launch day. The end date of the launch prices is published that day and never moved.
Opens your TapeCrest workspace, where the Stripe checkout runs.
Questions
Ask us before you buy.
About a tool, your data feed, your accounts or the licence: write to us. We answer every message by email.