Market structure · Auction profile
Fixed Profile
Frame the range that matters and expose where business was done.
Builds a focused volume profile around a chosen range, revealing value area, point of control, and high- or low-volume nodes.
The 60-second read
What Fixed Profile adds to the stack.
Build a profile around the range that matters.
Use value area, POC, HVNs, and LVNs as auction references.
Treat the profile as context, not a standalone signal.
Best used forReading acceptance and rejection inside a range
Keep in mindProfiles explain auction structure; they do not predict the next trade on their own.
What's in this guide
FLB Fixed Profile is a drawing tool: stretch it over any range and it rebuilds that range from tick data, showing where value built, the Value Anchor, the Buy and Sell Lines, and which side pressed harder. This guide covers every control. What it does Install & activation Placing Fixed Profile Settings reference How to read it Trade Shield comes first Updates & support proprietary and intentionally not documented.
What it does
FLB Fixed Profile is a drawing tool you place over any range — a session, a swing, a gap. From tick-level data it rebuilds where the market actually spent its volume and shows you the value structure of that range. It marks the Value Anchor (the most-traded price), the Buy Line and Sell Line bracketing the bulk of value, shades the value zone between them, and breaks down buying vs. selling pressure at each level.
It draws three things worth reading: Element What it shows Value Anchor The single most-traded price in the range — the magnet / fair-value reference. Buy / Sell Lines The upper and lower edges of the value zone (the bulk of traded volume). Pressure split How much of each level was buying vs. selling, so you can see who was in control. "Draw the range. The profile tells you where the market agreed." Fixed Profile is a read-only analysis tool. It draws over the range you choose; it never places orders.
Install & activation
Install with the Windows Control Center
Download the Windows application, sign in on the NinjaTrader PC, then install or update Fixed Profile from the NinjaTrader area. Do not manually import an FLB package.
Download Windows Control Center ↓Connect with the Web Control Center
For any TradingView access included with your membership, open Connections, link the exact TradingView username, and sync the available script grants.
Open Web Control Center ↗Placing Fixed Profile
FLB Fixed Profile is a drawing tool you place over the range you want to study. Step Do this On the chart's drawing-tools toolbar, choose FLB Fixed Profile. Click once to set the left/start anchor, then again to set the right/end anchor over the range you want to study. The tool loads tick data and builds the read; adjust its settings (section Fixed Profile) from the right-click menu.
Fixed Profile's inputs control granularity, the value zone, and what's drawn. (Some controls are shown here in FLB brand language and may read differently in the property grid.) Settings Setting Default What it does 1 — Colors Setting Default What it does Volume Bar Color DodgerBl ue Color of the Volume Bar. Buy Pressure Color LimeGree n Color of the buy-pressure bars. Sell Pressure Color Red Color of the sell-pressure bars. Value Anchor Color Yellow Color of the Value Anchor line.
Buy Line Color Red Color of the Buy Line Color. Sell Line Color Magenta Color of the Sell Line Color. Value Zone Fill DarkOlive Green Fill color for the value zone. 2 — Profile Setting Default What it does Row Size (ticks) Price granularity of the profile, in ticks — smaller is finer, larger is coarser. Value Zone % 0.70 Share of traded volume the value zone spans, around the Value Anchor (e.g. 70%). Value Zone Opacity Transparency of the value-zone shading (0-100).
Setting Default What it does Show Value Anchor Ray On Show or hide Value Anchor ray. Show Buy/Sell Line Rays On Show or hide buy/sell line rays. Show Value Zone Shading On Show or hide value zone shading. Show Volume Numbers Off Show or hide volume numbers. Show Pressure Numbers Off Show or hide pressure numbers. Extend Rays Right On Toggle extend rays right. Show Price Labels On Show or hide price labels.
How to read it
Place it over a range that matters, then read the structure: anchor, edges, and which side pressed. Reading the profile — Value Anchor — price gravitates to it; acceptance away from it signals a move, rejection back to it signals balance. — Buy / Sell Lines — the edges of value.
Breaks beyond them with follow-through are real; pokes that snap back are fades. — Thin spots — light levels are prices the market moved through quickly; expect fast travel back through them. — Pressure split — heavy buying into a high that stalls (or selling into a low that holds) warns of absorption. Where to place it Common ranges: a single session, the move off a swing high or low, or an overnight/gap range.
Anchor it once and it loads tick data for exactly that window; re-drag the anchors to re-scope it. profile resolves.
Trade Shield comes first
Every FLB read is filtered through one gate first: the Trade Shield regime — the market's current permission slip: longs-only, shorts-only, or no entries. Fixed Profile shows you the levels and the read. Trade Shield tells you whether you're allowed to act. Use them in that order, every time: — Regime says longs-only — act only on long-side levels. — Regime says shorts-only — act only on short-side levels. — Regime says no entries — stand down, even on a clean read.
A great setup in the wrong regime is still a coin flip. If the regime and the Fixed Profile read disagree, the regime wins. Trade Shield is the first gate before acting on any FLB signal — it is built to stop you from fading your own system.
Updates & support
Updates for Fixed Profile are announced through the Control Center. Use the Windows Control Center to install NinjaTrader updates; use the Web Control Center to manage TradingView access.
For product questions, access problems, or feature requests, sign in to the Web Control Center and open Support. This is the support path for every member, including NinjaTrader users. Create a ticket there and return to the same section to follow its status and replies.