VolumeProfileCVDX
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Musa Khunarikov
📊 Professional Trader since 2014 (10+ years of experience).** 💱 Markets: Forex, Stocks, MOEX, Metals.
💻 MQL4-MQL5 Developer. Specialization: Volume Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Footprints, Delta, Volume Profile.
🧠 Experience & Approach: - Version: 1.10
- Updated: 12 November 2026
- Activations: 5
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Volume Profile + CVD is a professional volume analysis indicator for MetaTrader 5 that displays volume distribution by price levels and cumulative volume delta.
The indicator answers two key trader questions:
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Where did volume actually trade? — Volume Profile
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Who dominates the market — buyers or sellers? — CVD
All in one window, no separate sub-charts or switching.
🎯 What the indicator shows
1. Volume Profile (right side of chart)
Horizontal histogram of volume distribution by price levels. Each bar's length = total volume traded at that level over the last N bars.
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🔵 Blue bars — regular price levels
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🔴 POC (Point of Control) — level with maximum volume. Key support/resistance
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🟠 VAH (Value Area High) — top of Value Area (70% of volume)
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🟠 VAL (Value Area Low) — bottom of Value Area
2. CVD (top-left corner)
Cumulative Volume Delta — accumulated volume delta.
Formula: if Close > Open → +Volume , if Close < Open → −Volume , summed over the period.
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🟡 Positive value — buyers dominated
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🟡 Negative value — sellers dominated
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Sharp rise/fall — increasing pressure in one direction
✨ Key features
📊 Professional Volume Profile
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Automatic build over last N bars
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Configurable price levels count (10–100)
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Value Area with configurable percentage (50%, 68%, 70%, 80%, 95%)
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Automatic POC and Value Area boundaries highlighting
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Sqrt-scaling for equal visibility of all levels
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Correct work on scroll and zoom
📈 Cumulative Delta (CVD)
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Real-time value display
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Configurable calculation period
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Color indication for quick reading
⚡ Performance
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Recalc only on new bar formation — saves resources
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Update on chart change (scroll, zoom, TF switch)
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Optimized loops — fast even on 500+ bars
🎨 Flexible settings
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Colors for profile, POC, VAH/VAL, CVD
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Profile width and offset from right edge
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Price levels count
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Value Area percentage
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Disable any component
🛠 Installation — MetaTrader 5
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Copy VolumeProfileCVD.mq5 to MQL5/Indicators/ folder
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Open MetaEditor (F4), compile (F7) — must be 0 errors, 0 warnings
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Restart MT5 or refresh Navigator
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Drag onto chart
Typical file path:
C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Terminal\{ID}\MQL5\Indicators\
📌 Recommended Settings
| Instrument | TF | Lookback Bars | Bins | Value Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EURUSD, GBPUSD | H1 | 200 | 30 | 70% |
| EURUSD, GBPUSD | H4 | 300 | 40 | 70% |
| XAUUSD | H1 | 200 | 30 | 70% |
| BTCUSD | H4 | 150 | 25 | 68% |
| US500, NAS100 | M15 | 300 | 40 | 70% |
Timeframes:
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M5–M15 — scalping, volume over last hours
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H1–H4 — swing trading, volume over days/weeks
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D1 — medium-term, volume over months
📌 Trading scenarios
1. Trading from POC
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POC is a price magnet, often retested
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Bounce off POC → entry in bounce direction
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POC break → strong move in break direction
2. Trading in Value Area
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Price inside VAH–VAL — balanced market, ranging
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VAH break up → buyers took control
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VAL break down → sellers took control
3. CVD vs price divergence
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Price makes Higher High, CVD — Lower High → weakening buyers, possible reversal
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Price makes Lower Low, CVD — Higher Low → weakening sellers
4. Signal confirmation
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Other indicator signal (Supertrend, divergence) + CVD confirmation → stronger signal
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POC bounce + bullish candle → reliable entry point
5. Levels price returns to
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Naked POCs — levels price hasn't revisited
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Previous session POCs often attract price
⚙️ Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| InpLookbackBars | Bars for profile calculation | 200 |
| InpBins | Price levels count | 30 |
| InpValueAreaPct | Value Area percentage | 70 |
| InpProfileWidthPx | Max profile bar width (px) | 250 |
| InpProfileOffsetPx | Offset from right edge (px) | 30 |
| InpProfileColor | Regular profile bar color | DodgerBlue |
| InpPOCColor | POC line color | Red |
| InpVAHVALColor | VAH / VAL line color | Orange |
| InpShowCVDValue | Show CVD value | true |
| InpCVDColor | CVD label color | Yellow |
📋 Implementation notes (MT5)
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Pure MQL5 — no DLLs, no external dependencies
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Uses OBJ_RECTANGLE_LABEL — works on any TF and instrument
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Sqrt-scaling for bar width — all levels equally visible
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Automatic redraw on scroll, zoom, TF change
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Performance optimized: 200–300 bars × 30 bins = ~6000 operations (instant)
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Operation logging to terminal journal
⚠️ Important warning
Tick Volume is used, not real volume. MT4/MT5 don't have centralized exchange volumes for Forex, so the indicator works with ticks per bar — a proxy for activity.
Works great on:
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Futures (via MT5 with CME data brokers)
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Cryptocurrencies
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Indices (US500, NAS100, DE40)
Works approximately on:
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Forex — direction and profile shape are correct, absolute values are conditional
The indicator is an analysis tool, not a trading system. All trading decisions are made by the trader.
🏆 About the developer
Musa Khunarikov — trader with 12 years of live experience (Forex, stocks, MOEX, metals). 51 certifications from "Finam" training center in trading, algo trading, and MetaTrader.
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📞 Support
30 days of free support after purchase. Bug fixes within 48 hours.
