The Decision Support Tool for All Traders 

Everyone knows that some prices attract more trading activity than others.

Floor traders can see it and hear it. Thus informed, they can actively seek to translate the difference into trading opportunity.

Now You Can Too! Learn How…

What is Market Profile 
Market Profile is a graphical organization of price and time information. Market Profile displays price on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis. Letters are used to symbolize time brackets. marketprofile is an analytical decision support tool for traders—not a trading system.

Market Profile reveals pricing patterns from any market as they develop. By effectively organizing price and time information, it is possible for traders to see which price areas the market is accepting or which ones it is rejecting…and adjust their trading styles accordingly.

A price level that has been confirmed over time takes on added meaning. A price that is touched only briefly is just a price and little more. Confirmed by time, however, a price can reveal market value.

An understanding of marketprofile can be beneficial to every trader, however, one cannot expect to master the concept in one day. To help educate yourself on using marketprofile, the CBOT created this site to provide you with more information on marketprofile. On this page, you will find educational materials,  articles, and books on Market Profile. In addition, you will find a list of market data vendors who provide marketprofile as well as Market Profile examples.