The program enables you to align Market Profiles with the opening of an instrument By default, Market Profiles are aligned on the half hour. If you use the default alignment to display the U. S. Bond contract in a 30 minute time base, the first TPO represents 10 minutes of trading. Alternatively, you can align the U. S. Bond Market Profile to the opening bell. Using the Open Aligned option, the first period will start at 7:20 CST and end at 7:50, the second period will start at 7:50 and end at 8:20, and so on. To display a market aligned Market Profile, follow these steps: 1. Display the Price/Volume menu. 2. Select On in the Open Aligned selection box. Market Aligned Profiles
Move the cursor to the On selection and press Position the mouse pointer on top of the On selection and click the left mouse key.