Rotation Factor

Rotation Factor keeps Market Profile's period-by-period auction score automatically: each finished 30-minute TPO bracket scores against its predecessor (+1 per higher extreme, -1 per lower, 0 for unchanged) and the running total plots as a stepline resetting each session. The definitive build of the rotation factor judges the count against the session's own possible range (±2 per scored bracket) with strong-rotation levels as a share of that range rather than a fixed number.

How to Trade the Rotation Factor?

• One-sided counts: a total holding beyond the strong-rotation levels says one side keeps winning the auctions, an argument for trend-day tactics.
• Balance: totals inside the balance band read as a two-sided auction, favoring responsive trades around the edges.
• Effort versus result: the dashboard compares the count's direction with the session's net price change. Strong rotation without progress warns of absorption, worth checking against the volume and order-flow tools.

Six alerts cover strong rotation, sign flips, the divergence and the session lock-in.

Rotation Factor Settings

• Session Anchor (default D): session the tally runs over and resets on; choose deliberately on 24-hour markets.
• TPO Bracket (default 30): one bracket's duration, the statistic's only real parameter; must not be below the chart timeframe.
• Strong Rotation Threshold % (default 50): share of the possible range that reads as strongly one-sided.
• Balance Band % (default 15): share of the range that reads as balance.
• Show Dashboard (default enabled) with Position (default Top Right) and Size (default Small).
• Style toggles draw the score columns, gradient fill, range envelope, threshold levels and session breaks (all default enabled).

Frequently Asked Questions

How does this relate to a TPO profile?

Why is there no fixed extreme level for the count?

What does the developing bracket contribute?