# Volume profile and VA for individual bars

**URL:** <https://community.tradovate.com/t/volume-profile-and-va-for-individual-bars/7373>\
**Category:** Trader Desktop\
**Created:** [June 8, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/volume-profile-and-va-for-individual-bars/7373 "2023-06-08T17:21:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![NorCalKyle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.tradovate.com/norcalkyle/32/2333_2.png) [@NorCalKyle](https://community.tradovate.com/u/NorCalKyle)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/volume-profile-and-va-for-individual-bars/7373/1 "2023-06-08T17:21:09Z")

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I would like to see volume profiles and value area for each bar in my screen. I know many other platforms offer this. Currently the only way to do this is to manually select and draw a profile for each bar. Can this be automated or a period options to be equal to the bar timeframe be inserted into the volume profile indicator tool?

I want to be able to track value area, VPOC, and the open/close of each bar on one chart. Bid - Ask Volume Imbalance comes close, I can estimate the value area by visually looking at distribution, but the candles that show open and close disappear when zoomed out. I assume because they are tied to the volume numbers that print for each price level, which get too small too see when zoomed out. Can these functions be uncoupled?