Single Prints in Market Profile: The Footprints of Aggressive Money

A column of single letters, marching in one direction, no overlap. These are single prints — the footprint of aggressive institutional money.

What Creates Single Prints?

Single prints form when the market moves through prices so quickly that only one TPO period trades there:

• Aggressive directional conviction — one side dominates completely
• No two-sided trade — just one-way traffic at those levels
• Time urgency — the move happened too fast for response

Single Prints as Support/Resistance

Single prints represent prices where the market spent minimal time — "unfinished business." When the market returns:

• If they hold: Original conviction confirmed — continuation entry
• If they break: Significant conviction change — powerful follow-through

Trading Rules

1. Mark yesterday's single prints before the open
2. Watch for time development at single print levels
3. Time building = absorption (prints losing significance)
4. Quick rejection = confirmation (prints holding as S/R)
5. Use single prints as profit targets when trading in their direction

Single Prints and Day Types

• Trend Day: Long series of single prints — hallmark signal
• Normal Variation: Short burst after IB breakout, then two-sided trade resumes
• Double Distribution: Single prints form the "bridge" between two value areas