Naked Daily POC

Every completed session has a price where the most estimated volume traded: its Point of Control. When the next session never returns to that price, the level is called a naked POC. It remains unfinished auction business—a reference price that many profile traders watch until the market finally revisits it.

The Naked Daily POC overlay on the Crodl terminal calculates the POC for each completed UTC day, extends it into future candles, and stops the line at the first later candle whose range touches it. Optional Value Area High and Low levels follow the same lifecycle.

Where the levels come from

The study reuses the same engine as Periodic Volume Profile. Each daily high-low range is divided into Profile rows—24 by default—and every candle's volume is distributed across the rows it overlaps.

Because OHLCV candles do not contain true volume-at-price, the distribution is body-weighted: rows inside the open-close body receive more weight than wick-only rows, while the candle's total volume is conserved. The row with the most estimated volume is the POC. The Value Area expands around it until it contains the configured 70% share used by the profile engine.

This is an estimate from candle data, not an exchange-level market profile. The approximation becomes more robust when a daily profile contains many lower-timeframe candles.

Why the current day is excluded

A running daily profile changes as new candles arrive. Publishing its POC as a historical naked level would make that line move all day. Naked Daily POC therefore uses completed UTC sessions only.

At the UTC boundary, yesterday's finished profile becomes eligible. Its levels begin after that session ends and extend until a later candle trades through each price. A POC can be filled while VAH remains naked, or vice versa; every line resolves independently.

Reading the chart

• Orange dashed lines are prior daily POCs.
• Optional blue lines are naked VAH and VAL.
• Labels identify the level type and originating session.
• A line ending at a candle means that candle's full high-low range touched the price.

The touch rule uses wicks because a naked level describes whether the market revisited a price, not whether it accepted beyond it on a close.

Settings that matter

• Profile rows (24, adjustable from 8 to 160) controls price resolution. More rows create a finer estimate but can overstate precision on sparse data.
• Sessions to keep (30) limits the completed-day lookback.
• Naked VAH / Naked VAL are off by default so the POC map stays clean.
• Show labels and Dashed lines control presentation.
• POC and value-area colors plus line width are editable.

How traders use naked levels

Targets for open auction business

When price trends away from a session and leaves its POC untouched, that price becomes a natural reference on the next rotation. It is not guaranteed to act as a magnet, but it supplies a target with auction logic behind it rather than an arbitrary percentage move.

Reaction versus acceptance

The first touch completes the “naked” condition, but what happens next matters more. Immediate rejection suggests the old high-volume price is still defended. Several closes around it show acceptance and reduce its usefulness as a precise edge.

Confluence with session structure

A naked POC overlapping a daily VWAP, prior session high/low, or a stable S/R zone is more meaningful because different calculations identify the same area.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why did a line disappear in the middle of a wick?

The line stops on the first candle whose high-low range contains the level. A close through it is not required.

Why is today's POC missing?

The current UTC day is unfinished and its profile can still change. Use Periodic Volume Profile to watch a developing session; Naked Daily POC intentionally waits.

Is the POC exact?

It is an OHLCV estimate using body-weighted rows. True volume-at-price requires trade-level or lower-timeframe source data. Treat the line as a structured reference area, not tick-perfect ground truth.

Keep unfinished session references visible

Add Naked Daily POC from the Crodl indicator picker to carry completed-session POC—and optional value-area levels—forward until the market genuinely revisits them.

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This article is for educational purposes only and is not financial advice. Leveraged trading carries substantial risk of loss. Always do your own research and never risk more than you can afford to lose.