Volume Profile, Moving Averages Strategy

Combines Volume Profile and EMAs for trend and liquidity trading. Identify supply/demand zones on 5-minute ES futures charts to time entries and exits.

Published · Updated · Methodology: Mixed

Part of: Moving Average Strategies

  • Methodology: Mixed
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: 5-minute chart (for ES futures example)
  • Markets: Futures (specifically ES futures)

Source video

Decoded from: The only futures trading strategy you'll ever need (full course) by Tradewriter — watch the original

Strategy overview

A moving average smooths price into a single line that summarizes recent direction — but on this page it is the junior partner. The organizing tool is the volume profile, which reorganizes the same data by *where* trade actually occurred rather than when, producing high-volume nodes, a value area and a point of control that act as reference levels. Pairing the two means the profile supplies the map — the prices the market has already agreed on — while the average supplies orientation within it.

The entry comes from Tradewriter's "The only futures trading strategy you'll ever need (full course)", and both halves of that title shape what this is. It is framed as a course rather than a setup clip, and it is explicitly futures-first: the worked example runs on a 5-minute chart of ES, the E-mini S&P 500. That single-market focus is not incidental to a volume-profile approach — profile levels are only as meaningful as the liquidity behind them, and a deep, continuously traded index future is where the technique is most at home.

What the video does not publish is a chapter map, and no rule set has been extracted for this entry, so this page does not carry a decoded breakdown of entries, exits or risk. What can be said is what the pairing implies: in a volume-profile framework the levels come from the profile and the average is a filter on top, which means the questions worth asking of the source are how the profile session is defined, which node is treated as actionable, and what role the average is actually given when the two disagree.

Topics

volume profile strategy · moving average strategy · es futures trading · 5 minute strategy · trend trading strategy · liquidity trading · tradingview strategy · pine script · futures trading strategy · high volume node · day trading futures

Frequently asked questions

What is a volume profile and how does it differ from a moving average?

A volume profile plots how much volume traded at each price level, highlighting areas of acceptance such as the value area and point of control. A moving average instead plots average price over time. One organizes data by price, the other by time — which is why they are often combined rather than treated as alternatives.

What market and timeframe does this video use?

It is a futures-focused course, and the worked example is presented on a 5-minute chart of ES, the E-mini S&P 500 futures contract.

Does this page include the video's exact rules and settings?

No. No rule set has been extracted for this entry, so the page covers the concepts the strategy is built from and the context of the source rather than a step-by-step breakdown. The original full-course video remains the reference for the specifics.

How should I evaluate a futures strategy built on volume profile?

Test it on the same instrument and timeframe it was designed for, since profile levels depend on that market's liquidity and session structure, and confirm the profile settings match before drawing conclusions. Strategy Decoder catalogs strategies like this one from video sources so you can compare approaches before committing time to testing.

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