Steidlmayer tradition

J. Peter Steidlmayer and Market Profile: the market as continuous auction, POC, Value Area, and reading equilibrium vs imbalance.

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Section dedicated to J. Peter Steidlmayer (b. 1938): the market as a two-way auction seeking maximum trade facilitation — organized with Market Profile, POC, and Value Area.

Menu → Encyclopedia → Volume analysis — Steidlmayer pilot path. Prerequisites: Order book, Trading volume. For classic supply/demand → Wyckoff tradition.

Sources: Steidlmayer, Markets and Market Logic (1986); CBOT Market Profile (1984–85); Jim Dalton — Auction Market Theory. Raw: raw/sources/steidlmayer/.


Start here — pilot path (5 entries)

# Entry What you learn
1 Auction, price vs value, Market Profile
2 The market as continuous auction
3 Two fundamental operating states
4 Where the market accepts value
5 First 60 minutes as daily filter

Biography: J. Peter Steidlmayer.


Extended path — PDF corpus (12 entries)

# Entry Source
6 MML ch. 1
7 MML ch. 2
8 MML ch. 6 + scan figures
9 MML ch. 6
10 CBOT Part I
11 CBOT Part I
12 CBOT Part IV
13 CBOT Part IV–V
14 CBOT Part V
15 CBOT Part VI
16 CBOT Part VI
17 CBOT Part V (full case)

Full studio index: raw/patrimonio-emiciclo/studio-steidlmayer/00-INDICE-STUDIO.md · Figures: media/steidlmayer/


Linked encyclopedia (already stable)

Concept Entry
Market Profile
Volume Profile
POC / Value Area
Day types

Path status

Phase Status
Hub + 17 entries + 1 case IT+EN ⭐ stable (2026-07-11)
PDF + extracts + 21 studio sheets ✅ ingest-reviewed
TPO / profile figures MML + CBOT (15 scans + 5 SVG) ✅ 2026-07-11