Session Auction Map

Session Auction Map (SAM) is an auction-context indicator. It combines TPO structure, volume distribution, value, POCs, session VWAP, Initial Balance, prior levels, single prints and session classification into one view.

The correct way to use SAM is to understand where the market is accepting price, where it is rejecting price, and how the auction is developing. Signals and Trade Mode are optional layers on top of that context; SAM is not designed to be treated as a blind buy/sell indicator.

At a glance

• Category: Market & Session Structure

• Difficulty: Intermediate

• Display: Overlay

• Requirement: None

• Primary use: Map the developing auction with TPO, volume, value, VWAP, Initial Balance and prior-session references.

• TradingView: https://www.tradingview.com/script/R26JV60p-OutsiderEdge-Session-Auction-Map/

What this indicator answers

• Where is the current session accepting value?

• Where has the auction moved quickly or left poor acceptance?

• How are TPO and volume control positioned relative to each other?

• Is value migrating higher, lower or remaining balanced?

• Which prior session references remain untested?

• Is the session behaving more like balance, expansion or directional trade?

Quick start

1. Add SAM to the chart.

2. Choose the session window and timezone appropriate to the market you are studying.

3. Start with Experience = Advanced if Professional feels too busy.

4. Use a Strategy Preset only on its intended symbol/timeframe.

5. Read POC, value, VWAP and Initial Balance before paying attention to signals.

How to read it

TPO profile

Shows how much time/rotation the auction spent through price areas.

Volume profile

Shows where traded volume concentrated within the session.

TPOC / VPOC

Control prices from the TPO and volume views. Their location and separation provide different information about time versus volume acceptance.

VAH / VAL

Boundaries of the selected value area. Repeated trade inside value suggests acceptance; decisive trade away from value may indicate migration or expansion.

Value migration

Visualizes the relationship between important control/value references as the session develops. Direction matters most when price action confirms it.

Session VWAP

A session-average price reference. Use its slope, position and interaction as context rather than a standalone signal.

Initial Balance

The early session range. Later trade beyond it helps frame expansion and session development.

Single prints / tails

Areas associated with fast auction movement or rejection. Untested areas can remain useful references.

Prior / naked levels

Important references carried forward until tested according to the active settings.

Dashboard

Summarizes VWAP bias, value location, day type, IB status, naked levels and nearest structural context.

Interpretation notes

TPO versus Volume
TPO and volume answer related but different questions. TPO emphasizes how the auction distributed time/rotation; Volume Profile emphasizes where volume concentrated. A TPOC and VPOC at different prices is therefore useful information rather than an error.

POC and Value
A POC inside overlapping value is usually different context from a POC migrating steadily with price. Ask whether value is building, shifting or being abandoned.

Single Prints and tails
Treat these as evidence of fast auction movement or rejection. They become more useful when later price interacts with them; they are not automatic reversal zones.

Day type / dashboard
The dashboard summarizes the session. Use it after looking at the auction itself, not instead of looking at the chart.

Troubleshooting

Why is the chart too busy?

Switch Experience to Advanced or Simple before manually disabling many modules.

Why do TPOC and VPOC differ?

They measure different distributions: time/rotation versus volume. Separation can be informative.

Why did a prior level disappear or stop extending?

The prior-level logic can mark a level as tested according to its active interaction rule.

Why are there no Trade Mode visuals?

Preset mode requires a valid active Strategy Preset. Custom requires an eligible signal plus Trade Visuals enabled.

Works well with

• Adaptive Node Efficiency — ANEF

• Delta Pressure Engine

• GEX Levels PRO

Documentation boundary

This page describes what the indicator exposes to the user and how to interpret it. It intentionally does not publish source code, proprietary formulas, hidden preset resolution, optimization search logic or enough internal logic to recreate the engine.