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So before we get started, we want to make

sure that your TradingView tools are set

up correctly. We use the Volume Profile in

TradingView. It's one of the most

accessible Volume Profile tools you can

use. So what you're going to need is a

TradingView Essential Plan. So it's not

the free plan. If you use the free

TradingView plan, you are not going to be

able to access the Volume Profile. Trading

is not a low-cost hobby or low-cost

profession. So you need to expect a few

running costs like this. But the good news

is it's not very expensive. So you can get

the TradingView Essential Plan, which is

$16.95 USD per month as of 2025, which is

when this is being recorded. So you want

to go ahead and make sure you've got a

TradingView account upgraded to the

Essential Plan. And once you've set up a

TradingView account, or if you've already

got a TradingView account, you've

subscribed to the TradingView Essential

Plan, you will immediately have access to

the Volume Profile tool within

TradingView. So what we'll do now is we'll

go over to TradingView and we'll make sure

that we're all using the same settings.

I'll show you the proper settings to use

for the Volume Profile, as well as a few

other important tweaks you need to make to

be able to follow along with this program.

So again, even if you've got this set up

to how you think it should be set up, make

sure you watch this next step to ensure

that we're trading with the same settings

and the same parameters moving forward. So

here we are in TradingView. Before we set

up the Volume Profile itself, the first

thing you're going to need to do in order

to follow along with the course is down in

the bottom right corner here, we have the

Time Zone. Click that and make sure you're

always set to New York Local Time. No

matter where you are in the world, I live

in New Zealand, but I trade also using New

York Local Time. The reason being is that

the regular trading hours of the main

highest volume session is the New York

session. So we refer to everything

relative to the New York session. So make

sure this is very important that you've

set your Time Zone to New York. And then

secondly, to set up your Volume Profile,

you can see I've got the Volume Profile

tool set as a favorite in my toolbar here.

But to find the Volume Profile for the

first time, you come to the sidebar here

on TradingView and you go 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,

the fifth tool down. On the left, you

click the little extension button here and

you scroll down to Volume Based Tools and

you can see Fixed Range Volume Profile.

That is the volume profile we'll be using

in this course. So it's a good idea to

star that tool and add it to your

favorites. That way it shows up in your

toolbar here and makes it easier to

access. But go ahead and click that Volume

Profile and then just draw a random range

for now. You're going to click in one

spot, drag it across, then place it on the

chart. Yours will look different to this

first time around. So to get your Volume

Profile to look like this, which is how we

use it in this course, is double click it.

It'll open up the settings here and you're

going to want to make sure your settings

are exactly like I have mine here. So Rows

Layout, Number of Rows, Row Size 1000,

Volume Up Down, Value Area Volume 70.

Right then under Style, you can change the

style, the colors don't really matter. So

you can have your colors, whatever you

prefer. I just like to have my profile all

in green and then make sure you have the

Valley Area High, VAH, VAL and POC have

these three boxes checked and the other

two boxes unchecked and then hit OK. So

now your Volume Profile should look like

mine. Your time zone should be set to New

York Local Time. Once you've done that,

you're ready to move on to the next step.

Again, make sure your settings are exactly

like I've shown you here and go ahead and

move on to the next lesson.