Concept
Naked POC
Naked POC, also known as virgin POC, is a Volume & Order Flow concept. The Library holds 1 implementations, each one a working definition you can pull into Quant.
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What is a Naked POC?
A naked POC (also called a virgin POC, or NPOC) is a prior session's point of control that price has not traded back through since that session ended. The point of control is the price where the most volume traded in a volume profile, or the most time in a TPO profile, so it marks the level that session treated as fairest. If later sessions move away and never return, the level is left naked: untested since the day it was built.
Profile traders keep naked POCs marked because heavily traded prices retain reference value: when price finally rotates back, the first touch often draws a reaction, and open NPOCs above or below act as natural destinations when the market leaves balance. That is a tendency, not a rule; some naked POCs fill within a day or two, others sit untouched for months or never trade again.
How traders use it
- As targets: when price breaks from balance, open naked POCs in the direction of travel are candidate destinations for the move.
- As reaction levels: the first return to an NPOC is watched for responsive trade, a bounce or a fade; once traded through, the level is no longer naked and most traders retire it.
- As a prioritized list: recent naked POCs usually get more weight than stale ones, an application of level freshness and decay.
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Concept family
Volume & Order Flow
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Naked POC FAQ
Do naked POCs always get revisited?
No. The revisit idea rests on old high-volume prices keeping reference value, and many NPOCs do eventually trade, but plenty survive untouched for months or years, especially after strong one-directional trends. Treat a revisit as a scenario to plan around, with entries and risk defined at the level, not as a certainty.
What is the difference between a naked POC and a regular POC?
Every completed profile has a POC: its single highest-volume (or highest-time) price. Naked adds one condition: since that session closed, price has never traded back through the level. The moment a later session touches it, the POC is considered tested and loses its naked status, though some traders still note it as an old reference.
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