# Money Flow Profile

A three-part profile stacking traded activity, buy/sell sentiment, and key price levels side by side, sourced from volume or money flow over a lookback or fixed range. High-activity nodes expose support and resistance, while heatmap and consolidation-zone options sharpen the read. For traders mapping where money actually changed hands.

- Indicator in the LuxAlgo Library, by LuxAlgo, published Apr 2, 2024.
- Access: free.
- Concepts: [Volume Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/volume-profile/) (primary), [Delta Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/delta-profile/)
- Open on Vela: https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart?pineScriptCodeId=cmpwn3qoy0058vhsg4xomq7va
- Page: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/money-flow-profile/

The **Money Flow Profile** extends classic [volume profiling](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/volume-profile/) into a three-panel instrument: traded activity histogrammed on the right, a sentiment panel on the left splitting buy from sell dominance at each level (close kin to a [delta profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/delta-profile/)) and the key price levels down the middle. Rows can be sourced from raw volume or money flow, showing where turnover actually concentrated over your chosen range.

## How to Trade the Money Flow Profile?

- **High-activity nodes**: heavily traded rows mark levels where positions concentrate: support/resistance candidates that price gravitates toward and stabilizes around.
- **Low-traded nodes**: thin rows tend to be crossed quickly or produce fast bounces.
- **Sentiment rows**: buy or sell dominance at a level shows which side built it.
- **Consolidation zones**: flagged compression areas help anticipate the breakouts that follow accumulation.
- **Annotations**: Level of Significance, Point of Control, Highest Sentiment Zone, and Profile Price Levels enrich the read, while the Profile Heatmap accentuates the busiest areas.

## Money Flow Profile Settings

- **Lookback Length / Fixed Range**: the window the profile is built over.
- **Profile Source**: Volume or Money Flow as the row metric.
- **High/Average/Low Traded Nodes**: thresholds and colors per activity tier.
- **Sentiment Profile** and **Sentiment Polarity Method**: toggle the panel and choose how buy/sell volume is classified.
- **Profile Heatmap**: heatmap display with source and transparency controls.
- **Number of Rows / Profile Width %**: histogram resolution and width, plus text-size and offset options for layout.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Why combine sentiment with a volume histogram?

Volume alone says a level was busy; the sentiment panel says which side dominated there. That second dimension helps anticipate how price may behave when the level is revisited, rather than treating every node identically.

### How does it relate to the Liquidity Sentiment Profile?

The [Liquidity Sentiment Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/liquidity-sentiment-profile/) is a sibling build in the same family, oriented around liquidity zones. Compare the two if you anchor analysis to liquidity rather than money flow. Many traders run one of each.

### Is the Money Flow Profile free to use?

Yes. It is free via the LuxAlgo Library. Straight from its page, you can also backtest profile-based ideas in Quant, our coding agent. You can also copy the source code from this page and run it anywhere Pine Script® runs.

## Related indicators

- [Volume Profile (Maps)](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-profile-maps/) (Volume Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-profile-maps.md
- [Volume Profile Matrix](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-profile-matrix/) (Volume Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-profile-matrix.md
- [Volume Profile Regression Channel](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-profile-regression-channel/) (Volume Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-profile-regression-channel.md
- [Volume Profile with Node Detection](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-profile-with-node-detection/) (Volume Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-profile-with-node-detection.md
- [Anchored Clusters Volume Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/anchored-clusters-volume-profile/) (Volume Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/anchored-clusters-volume-profile.md
- [Clusters Volume Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/clusters-volume-profile/) (Volume Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/clusters-volume-profile.md
- [Volume Footprint](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-footprint/) (Delta Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-footprint.md
- [Delta Flow Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/delta-flow-profile/) (Delta Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/delta-flow-profile.md

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Source: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/money-flow-profile/ (LuxAlgo Library). Free to use with attribution: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/license/