# Components

These components offer a convenient way to drag/drop a TPO or Volume Profile on a chart and dynamically adjust the range using the resize points.

![Volume Profile and TPO Components](https://content.gitbook.com/content/TKkuQ4IBYTTbN0oyR7L0/blobs/Ba4E30dXHNeBdEPk6GtB/0.png)

## Volume Profile Component

The Volume Profile component uses tick data to display a histogram of volume at each price level for the given range of price bars. The volume profile will optionally compute common information such as:

* Value Area.
* Point of Control.
* Bid vs Ask Volume and Deltas.
* Midpoint, High/Low values.

The screen shot below shows an example of a live volume profile (updates in real time) that is aligned to the right. A profile can be made “live” by dragging the right resize point to the latest price bar.

![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/TKkuQ4IBYTTbN0oyR7L0/blobs/y6uT6evsrfwG8txWcSUN/1.png)

The screen shots below show the configuration options available from the properties dialog (double click on the volume profile object to display). Some of the notable options include:

* **Tick Interval** – Use this option to specify the number of ticks that make up each volume bar. In the example below 4 ticks are used (for the S\&P mini futures contract this represents a single point (min tick is 0.25)).
* **Use Historical Bars** – Enable the use of minute bars instead of tick data.
* **Display Side** – Options include Left and Right. If displaying a “Live” profile the “Right” option will right justify the profile next to the price axis.
* **Max Bar Width** – Maximum width in pixels of the volume profile.
* **Bar Color** – Color for the volume profile bars.
* **POC Bar Color** – Use this to highlight the “point of control” volume bar.
* **Bid/Ask Colors** – Enable this option to display the bid vs ask volume in the volume bars. (Note: this will override the bar color option).
* **Fill Color** – This will display a background fill color for the entire range of the volume profile component.
* **Volume Totals** – Displays the total volume for each bar using the given font. The label will not be displayed if there is not enough room.
* **POC/Mid/High/Low Lines** – Optionally draws lines for these values.
* **Line/Label Font** – Font for price values on the lines above. If not enabled, the price labels will not be displayed.
* **Show High/Low** – Displays text with the high and low values.

![Volume Profile Properties](https://content.gitbook.com/content/TKkuQ4IBYTTbN0oyR7L0/blobs/ZiljISUv4aWIfAJnB7tG/2.png)

The value area for the profile may optionally be displayed from the “Value Area” tab (see below):

* **Value Area Percent** – Percentage of volume to be included in the value area. The value area will always include the point of control (POC).
* **Bar Color** – Optionally change the bar color for bars included in the value area.
* **Range Fill** – Fill color to use as a background color for the value area.
* **Range Lines** – Displays horizontal lines at the top and bottom of the value area. Price labels are controlled using the “Line/Label Font” option in the “General” tab.

![Value Area](https://content.gitbook.com/content/TKkuQ4IBYTTbN0oyR7L0/blobs/89gGywJAPJn4AtAzNFcP/3.png)

## Delta Profile Component

## TPO Component

The Time Price Opportunity (TPO) component displays a histogram that represents the amount of time spent at each price range.

The component is effectively the same as the [TPO Study](https://docs.motivewave.com/user-guide/volume-order-flow-analysis-guide/broken-reference) (see section above for details) except that only one TPO is displayed and you can configure the data range by moving the resize points (see graph below).

![TPO Example](https://content.gitbook.com/content/TKkuQ4IBYTTbN0oyR7L0/blobs/2vjHmTxe0AaL2gZAlil5/4.png)