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Volume Profile for APD
AI-generated plain-English read of volume profile for APD. Updated daily.
Price extended above value: buyer-favored profile
highPrice is out of value to the upside in a buyer-favored profile: accumulation has driven price away from the majority of traded volume. The risk is a fast retracement back into value.
What will probably happen
- Continuation higher is possible, but the risk of a snap-back to the VAH, and then POC, is elevated; every point above value increases the gap that needs to be re-tested.
- An LVN ($314.13) sits below current price. If sellers take control, expect fast travel through that zone with little support until the next HVN.
- Nearest HVN cluster at $310.33. This is the strongest near-term magnet and expected resting zone after any fast move.
What to do
- If you HOLD this stock
- Price is out of value to the upside in a buyer-favored profile. The risk is a fast retracement back into value through the LVN below. Set trailing stops just below the LVN.
- If you TRADE this stock (no options)
- Don't initiate longs at extension; wait for retracement INTO value (toward POC) for a higher-probability entry. The LVN below is both the fast-travel risk and the pullback entry target.
- If you trade OPTIONS
- Sell call premium at VAH resistance levels; consider 30 DTE expiry. The extension above value favors selling elevated premium rather than buying more.
POC, VAH, VAL, and ≥2 HVN levels all populated.
Technical details
Technical analysis
- POC
- $304.64
- VAH
- $316.02
- VAL
- $278.07
- LVN risk
- Lvn below
- Lookback
- 60 days
- Acceptance
- Buyer favored
- HVN levels
- $304.64, $310.33, $306.54, $287.56, $278.07
- LVN levels
- $276.18, $314.13, $300.84, $289.46, $295.15
- Price vs POC
- Above value
- Current price
- $316.53
Key levels
| Level | Value |
|---|---|
| poc | 304.639 |
| current price | 316.53 |
| value area low | 278.074 |
| value area high | 316.024 |
Caveats
- Volume profile is a context tool, not a timing signal: it tells you where price has 'agreed' on value, not when it will leave value next.