Profile charting shows you where the market did business. CutlassEdge reads the session as it builds: the opening type, the day type, the levels the auction has unfinished business with, and what has historically followed, with the sample size on every number. Then it helps you plan the day, review it, and practice. You keep every decision.
Every read is descriptive and traceable: the same for every user looking at the same market, an informed opinion, never a signal. The panels below are the app's own Crow's Nest.
From the first prints CutlassEdge names the opening type, then tracks the day type the session is shaping into: the read a seasoned auction trader keeps in their head, kept current for you and written in plain words.
Naked VPOCs, poor highs and lows, gaps, low volume nodes, weak references, single prints. CutlassEdge marks the levels the auction has unfinished business with, each with its distance, its age, and its evidence, so you are watching the same lines the market is.
For the situation on the screen, CutlassEdge shows what happened next across past occurrences, and how many times it has been seen. Never a prediction and never advice. A description of the past, with the sample size in plain view because small samples mislead.
The Read tab leads with the day's state, says whether the structure leans bullish, bearish, or neutral, lays the day out in fields, flags the structures, and ends with a short game plan of if/then lines keyed to that state. One click copies it as clean text for your notes or a daily post.
CutlassEdge compares today's profile shape against every session in your loaded history and shows the five closest, each with its match percentage and what the following session did. Above the list, the aggregate: how many of those days closed higher, lower, or flat next. History, not a signal.
Where several different kinds of level land within four ticks of one another, that is a cluster, and the score counts the distinct kinds. More kinds means more independent evidence at one price. A glance, not a green light. You still decide.
The reading layer is the core. Around it sit the tools a session actually needs, in the order you need them.
Yesterday's auction, the overnight so far, the balance area, the nearest untested magnets, what history says about a day like yesterday with its samples, and a few if/then lines. Copy it to your clipboard or save it as a one-page PDF.
Read the guideWrite scenarios from the app's own conditions: a direction, a trigger, an invalidation, targets. Arm one and CutlassEdge watches it all session and tells you where it stands. When it resolves, outcome tracking asks whether you took it, skipped it, or faded it, and remembers.
Read the guideTwo cells in the header, one for the long side and one for the short, each reading Edge, Neutral, or Extended. It rates how close a side would be entering to value and structure. It never says whether to take the trade.
Read the guidePrice alerts, plus alerts on the app's own levels: naked VPOCs, poor highs and lows, single prints, gap fills, confluence clusters, balance-area edges. A toast, a sound, and a desktop notification the first time price trades one.
Read the guideKept per symbol and per trading day. Pin a note at a price, snapshot the chart with it, and let your alerts log themselves into the same timeline. Save the day as a PDF. It all lives on your computer.
Read the guideThe app stops at the day's important moments, rewinds the chart to what was knowable then, and asks you to make the call. Reveal shows what actually happened, alongside the base rates for that kind of moment, and scores your read.
Read the guideRewind any day you have data for and play it forward, down to one-eighth speed. The letters, the volume, the value area, the magnets, and the reads all update as of that moment, exactly as they would have live.
Read the guideThe reading layer stands on the charting. Split and merged profiles, time and volume side by side, the overnight, and the indicators that belong on an auction chart.
Time and volume, side by side. The Time POC and the Volume POC, a value area at 70 percent by time or by volume, letters or blocks, high and low volume nodes, and the TPOC trail. Showing both POCs at once is the fastest way to spot a divergence.
The regular session by default, keyed to exchange time whatever your own clock says. Draw the overnight alongside, split a day into morning and afternoon, build custom profile sets in the multi view, or merge days into a composite.
VWAP drawn one step per period, with standard-deviation bands. Initial-balance extension zones drawn from your loaded history. A cumulative volume delta strip on tick data. The balance map, which finds the multi-day balance and watches its edges.
Connect a supported live feed for the live read, import CSV history, or start with the built-in sample data offline. Local first: your data, your charts, your notes, and your plans never touch our servers. Supported feeds.
A fast native desktop app that updates itself. macOS 11 or later on Apple Silicon or Intel, Windows 10 and 11. Under 100 MB installed. One license runs on two computers, and after a one-time activation the app works offline.
Atkinson Hyperlegible and OpenDyslexic among the typefaces, panel text up to 150 percent, roomy letter spacing, and Dark, Calm, and color-blind-safe themes. Built by a dyslexic trader, so readability is a feature, not an afterthought.
Most platforms will draw you a profile. The difference is everything that happens after the drawing.
| What you get | Typical profile charting | CutlassEdge |
|---|---|---|
| TPO and volume profiles, value area, initial balance | Yes | Yes, time and volume side by side |
| Names the opening type and the day type | You do it in your head | As the session builds |
| Marks untested levels with their age and evidence | You draw and maintain them | Automatic, with a confluence score |
| Base rates with the sample size on every number | Not usually | From your own loaded history |
| The five most similar past sessions | Not usually | Ranked by match, with what followed |
| A written plan the app watches and reports on | Not usually | Battle Plan, with outcome tracking |
| A debrief that quizzes you on a finished day | Not usually | Session Debrief, scored |
| Dyslexia-friendly type, spacing, and contrast | Rare | Built in |
| Your data stays on your machine | Varies | Always |
"Typical profile charting" means the profile tools on a general charting platform. Some platforms offer some of these as add-ons or plug-ins; check yours.
One subscription: the reading layer, the charting, and the daily tools, on both your computers.
Subscriptions renew automatically at $59 a month or $590 a year until you cancel, plus applicable tax. Founder pricing is open through December 6, 2026. Cancel any time from the customer portal.
No. Every read is written in plain words, and tapping a structure chip shows its definition. The Learn library covers the concepts from the first profile up, and Replay and the Session Debrief let you practice on past days before you ever read one live.
Neither. CutlassEdge describes the auction: what the structure looks like, which levels are untested, and what has historically followed, with the sample size shown. It is the same impersonal, educational read for every user looking at the same market. It never tells you to buy or sell, and the standing line under the read says so.
For the live read, a supported live feed. For study, import CSV history with no account at all, or start with the built-in sample data offline. The Download page lists the supported feeds and what each one enables.
Yes. One license activates on two computers, a desktop and a laptop, say. Switching machines is self-serve: deactivate on the old one, activate on the new one. Your workspaces, notes, and plans live on each computer, and Backup lets you carry them over.
No. Your charts, your history, your notes, and your plans stay on your computer. Activation is the one online step, and the app runs offline after it.
Yes, any time, from the customer portal, with no hoops to jump through. Refunds follow the Refund Policy.
Subscribe, connect your feed, and CutlassEdge reads the auction from your first session.