Volume Profile, Supply & Demand Zones

Identify institutional supply and demand zones on ES futures using Volume Profile indicators on 1-hour charts for level-to-level price action trading.

Published · Updated · Methodology: Price Action

Part of: Supply & Demand Zones

  • Methodology: Price Action
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: 1 hour
  • Markets: ES futures

Indicators used

  • Session Volume Profile (SVP)
  • Visible Range Volume Profile (VRVP)

Source video

Decoded from: How I find institutional supply & demand zones with 99% ACCURACY (copy me) by Tradewriter — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:42 - Regular vs institutional supply/demand levels
  • 2:15 - Step 1: Add Volume Profile indicators
  • 3:41 - Step 2: Find your anchor point
  • 6:05 - Step 3: Mark other levels using market rhythm
  • 9:18 - Example

Strategy overview

Supply and demand zones mark the price areas where an earlier imbalance between buyers and sellers was strong enough to move the market, and traders return to them expecting a reaction. This entry decodes a Tradewriter video whose opening move is to split that idea in two: regular levels, drawn from where price visibly turned, versus what the video calls institutional levels, which it argues should be identified from transacted volume rather than from candle shapes alone. The distinction is the whole premise — volume profile is introduced as the evidence layer that decides which zones deserve attention.

That changes the working method rather than the concept. Instead of scanning a chart for swings, the video builds the map with two volume profile tools that answer different questions — one reading volume within a single session, the other across whatever range is currently on screen — and treats the resolution of those profiles as a deliberate setting, not a default. From there it moves to an anchor point: one high-confidence reference established first, with the remaining levels marked outward from it using what the source describes as the market's rhythm, all on the 1-hour chart. The order matters, because a badly chosen anchor propagates its error into every level derived from it.

A note on framing: the video is titled "How I find institutional supply & demand zones with 99% ACCURACY (copy me)", and that figure is the channel's own headline claim — nothing on this page verifies or reproduces it. No mechanical rule set was extracted from this source, so what is captured here is the concept, the tooling choice and the sequence the video walks through, not entry, exit or risk conditions.

Topics

volume profile · supply demand zones · price action · es futures · es futures strategy · 1 hour strategy · trading strategy · tradingview strategy · institutional trading · level to level trading · pine script

Frequently asked questions

What makes a supply or demand zone "institutional"?

In this video's framing, an institutional level is one supported by where volume actually transacted, rather than one drawn simply because price reversed there. The claim is that volume profile reveals which areas absorbed real participation and which only look significant on the candles — a distinction the source treats as the difference between a regular level and one worth trading.

Why use volume profile to find supply and demand zones?

A standard zone is drawn from price structure alone, which leaves the choice of which swing to mark largely to the eye. Volume profile adds a second dimension — how much was traded at each price — so zones can be filtered by participation instead of appearance. It does not remove judgment, but it narrows what qualifies.

What is the difference between session volume profile and visible range volume profile?

Session volume profile builds its distribution from a single trading session, which makes it useful for intraday reference points that reset each day. Visible range volume profile builds from whatever period is currently displayed on the chart, so it adapts to the window you are analysing and is better suited to mapping longer-term areas.

Does this approach really work with 99% accuracy?

That number comes from the source video's title and is the creator's own claim; it is not a measured or independently verified result, and no performance data is presented here. Treat any headline accuracy figure as marketing until you have tested the underlying idea on historical data yourself — Strategy Decoder catalogues how video strategies like this one are structured so you have something concrete to evaluate.

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