CTT Market Profile Panel – TPO Profile with a Trend / Counter-Trend Verdict for NinjaTrader 8

Know which kind of day you are trading before you take the first trade. CTT Market Profile Panel draws a full TPO Market Profile on your chart, reads it the way an experienced profile trader would, and tells you in plain words whether the market favours trend-following, counter-trend rotation, or standing aside.

One question, answered on your chart

• TRADE TREND ▲ / ▼ – value is moving and the day is travelling away from its first hour. Trend methods have the edge.
• TRADE COUNTER-TREND – value is overlapping and the range is contained. Fading the edges of value has the edge.
• WAIT / NO EDGE – the evidence is mixed. Stand aside or trade smaller.

The verdict comes from a 0–100 trend score built from four readings: the open type, the day type, where value sits against yesterday, and the longer-term balance or development phase. An Early bias call is given the moment the initial balance completes, so you have a firm read at the start of the session instead of at the close.

What you see on the chart

• Full TPO letter profiles for the last sessions, coloured inside / outside value, with single prints highlighted.
• POC, value area and initial balance lines for every session.
• Low-volume node bands – the thin, fast-traded areas of each session (single prints, valleys and tails) projected forward as support and resistance until price closes through them, then retired automatically.
• Longer-term composite profile at the right edge of the chart, built from the current balance or development phase. The chart's right margin is widened automatically so bars never run underneath it.
• Movable analysis panel showing open type, day type, value vs prior, IB size against the 10-session average, range extension, composite phase and shape, and a value-migration strip.

Classifications included

• Open types: Open Drive, Open Test Drive, Open Rejection Reverse, Open Auction.
• Day types: Trend, Double Distribution, Normal Variation, Normal, Neutral Center, Neutral Extreme, Non-Trend.
• Value relationships: Higher, Lower, Overlapping Higher / Lower, Inside, Outside, Unchanged.
• Longer-term phases: Balance, Development Up, Development Down – with Bell, Elongated, b-shape and P-shape composites.

Works on any chart

The profile is built from its own 1-minute data, not from the bars on your chart, so it gives the same reading on minute, Renko, range, tick and volume charts. Choose RTH (cash session), ETH (full session), your chart's trading hours or any custom trading hours template.

Built for strategy developers too

Every reading is exposed to NinjaScript: POC, value area, initial balance and the nearest node bands as plots you can read bars-ago, plus the regime, trend score, early bias, day type, open type, composite phase and migration run as properties. Gate a trend strategy on TRADE TREND, a rotation strategy on TRADE COUNTER-TREND, or use the node bands as targets.

Requirements

• NinjaTrader 8 (current release).
• A data feed with 1-minute historical data.
• Designed for CME equity index futures: ES, MES, NQ, MNQ, YM, MYM, RTY, M2K.

What's included

• CTT Market Profile Panel indicator (NinjaScript Add-On zip).
• Trader's Manual (PDF) – Market Profile basics, reading the panel, every setting explained.
• License for 2 computers.
• Free updates.

Risk disclosure

Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. CTT Market Profile Panel is an analysis tool: it describes market structure and does not place trades, predict prices or provide trading advice. Past market behaviour does not guarantee future results.