How to Use POC Scanner
Whether you are exploring our Forever-Free Tier or unlocking the PRO Lifetime Founder Pass, this guide walks you through every section of the website, explains how to read Volume Profile levels, and shows you a step-by-step trading workflow.
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The 3-Step Trading Workflow
How institutional and swing traders combine POC Scanner's tools in under 3 minutes a day.
Scan for High-Scoring POC Setups
Open the POC Scanner or Screener. Filter for stocks with an AI Quant Score of 8–10 that are either retesting their Point of Control (Near POC) as support or breaking out above Value Area High (VAH) with 4/4 POCs stacked.
Verify Chart Structure & Cyclical Edge
Click the ticker to inspect its Volume Profile histogram and Anchored VWAP. Confirm macro tailwinds using Seasonality (high monthly win rate), GEX (positive gamma support), and Market Pulse News AI.
Generate Your AI Trade Plan & Targets
Open Deep Analysis or ask the AI Copilot for an objective execution plan. Place your invalidation Stop-Loss beyond VAL /POC and target the next VAH or low-volume liquidity pocket with asymmetric Risk/Reward.
Interactive Section-by-Section Walkthrough
Click any module below to see what it does, how to use it step-by-step, and what its metrics mean.
POC Scanner Dashboard
Scan 2,000+ stocks, ETFs, crypto & futures by Volume Profile and AI Quant Score.
What This Section Does
The main dashboard computes real-time Volume Profiles across Daily, Weekly, and Monthly timeframes. It measures exactly how far current price is from the Point of Control (POC), whether price is inside or breaking out of the Value Area (70% volume zone), and combines 4 structural POC horizons into an explainable 1-to-10 AI Quant Score.
Step-by-Step: How to Use It
- 1Select a Market Universe (S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Europe/Italy, Crypto, Forex, or Commodities) and Timeframe (Daily, Weekly, Monthly).
- 2Use Quick Filter Presets such as 'Near POC' (mean reversion / support test), 'Bounce VAL' (rejection off Value Area Low), or 'Above All 4 POCs' (strongest institutional trend).
- 3Click any ticker row to load its interactive Candlestick + Horizontal Volume Profile chart, complete with POC (amber line), VAH/VAL boundaries, and Anchored VWAP.
- 4Click 'Deep Analysis' or 'AI Copilot' on any row to generate an instant institutional trade thesis with automated Take-Profit and Stop-Loss levels.
Look for stocks with Score ≥ 8 that are pulling back within 1.5% of their Daily POC while holding 4/4 Stacked POCs — this offers tight risk invalidation just below VAL.
Exact price level with the highest traded volume — acts as the primary fair-value magnet.
Upper and lower bounds enclosing 70% of total traded volume. Defines institutional support & resistance.
Checks if price is above the Standard, Full History, Since-ATH, and Since-ATL Point of Control simultaneously.
Composite rating blending Volume Flow, Auction Structure, Momentum, and Risk/Reward asymmetry.
How to Read the Volume Profile Chart
Unlike standard charts that only plot volume by time at the bottom, Volume Profile plots volume by price level horizontally on the right side of the chart.
The longest horizontal volume bar on the chart. Represents the price where the most shares changed hands — institutional "fair value" and the strongest support/magnet level.
The upper boundary of the 70% volume zone. When price breaks and holds above VAH with rising volume, it signals a bullish Value Area breakout into open liquidity.
The lower boundary of the 70% volume zone. Institutional buyers frequently defend VAL on pullbacks; a clean bounce off VAL targets a rotation back to the POC.
Volume-Weighted Average Price anchored directly to the All-Time High or All-Time Low swing pivot, tracking the average cost basis of long-term participants.
Free Plan vs. PRO Founder Pass
Test the core platform free forever, or unlock permanent lifetime access to every module with a single €25 contribution.
| Platform Module / Capability | Free Plan (€0 Forever) | PRO Founder Pass (€25 Lifetime) |
|---|---|---|
| Account Price & Duration | €0 Forever (No credit card required, never expires) | €25 One-Time Payment (Lifetime Founder Pass — zero monthly fees) |
| POC Scanner Dashboard (/) | S&P 500 Top 5 Preview + Interactive Volume Profile Chart | Full 2,000+ Assets (S&P 500, Nasdaq, NYSE, Europe/Italy, Crypto, Forex, Commodities) |
| POC, VAH, VAL & Anchored VWAP Charts | Included on preview & directory tickers | Unlimited across all global universes & timeframes (1m to Monthly) |
| News AI & Market Pulse (/pulse) | Full Access | Full Access |
| Smart Money Sentiment (/sentiment) & Heatmap (/heatmap) | Full Access | Full Access |
| Educational Academy (/academy) & Custom Watchlists | Full Access | Full Access |
| Multi-Criteria Technical Screener (/screener) | Not included | Full Access (RSI, MACD, CMF, Bollinger, Rounding Breakout) |
| US 9-1 Quantitative Momentum Strategy (/momentum) | Not included | Full Access (Live Rankings, Backtest & Methodology) |
| Multi-Year Seasonality & Analog Year (/seasonality) | Not included | Full Access (20+ Yr Monthly Win Rates & Analog Year Projection) |
| Options Gamma Exposure — GEX (/gex) | Not included | Full Access (Call Wall, Put Wall, Zero Gamma Flip) |
| Intraday 15m Futures Volume Profile (/intraday) | Not included | Full Access (ES, NQ, Gold, Crude Oil, Previous Day POC/VA) |
| AI Quant Copilot & Automated Trade Plans | Preview Setups | Unlimited On-Demand AI Trade Plans & Copilot Chat |