Every Mirra indicator is designed, tested and optimised for the Accelpix real-time and historical data feed. Accelpix is the recommended data vendor for best performance.
From install to your first trade setup — read the auction, use every feature, and trade the day type with confidence.
15 minto first setup
8day types
22exchange presets
AIguidance
01
Overview
Mirra Advanced Market Profile turns NinjaTrader 8 into a full institutional auction-analysis terminal. It builds classic TPO (Time Price Opportunity) profiles and volume profiles side by side, marks every structural signal professional profile traders watch, and writes a live plain-language read of the auction through the Mirra AI Guidance panel.
This tutorial is written for traders, not programmers. It walks you from installation to your first trade setup, explains everything the indicator draws, and documents every feature with what it does, when to use it, and why it matters.
Who this is for
Intraday and swing traders on Indian markets (NSE, BSE, MCX) and on international futures, equities, forex and crypto. No prior Market Profile experience is required — the Reading the Profile section teaches the concepts as it introduces the tools.
What makes it different
Capability
What it means for you
Built on the Accelpix data foundation
Profiles are constructed from an exchange-grade real-time and historical feed — the numbers on your chart are institutional quality.
One engine, two products
The chart indicator and the Mirra Market Profile Scanner share identical calculations, so a level you find on the chart matches the scanner column exactly.
Automatic per-instrument sizing
Row size adapts to each symbol’s own range, so one settings template works across a mixed watchlist without tuning.
Reads the auction, not just draws it
Day-type classification and the AI Guidance panel convert structure into a written interpretation with a plan and an invalidation level.
Close NinjaTrader completely — the whole platform, not just the chart. Installing while it is running is the most common cause of setup problems.
Run the installer and follow the prompts. It places everything where NinjaTrader expects it.
Start NinjaTrader. The first launch prepares the product automatically and may take a few extra seconds.
Activate your licence. Open Help → About, copy your Machine ID, and email it to [email protected] from your registered address. If settings open but nothing draws, activation is the first thing to check.
Five steps from a fresh install to a working, saved chart.
Step 3 — Set up the chart
Open a chart for your instrument and set the Data Series to 1 Minute (up to 5 minutes also works well).
Set the chart’s Time Zone to the exchange’s local zone — India Standard Time for NSE/BSE/MCX. This must match the exchange preset you choose next.
Set Days to load generously: roughly 90 calendar days gives you about 60 NSE sessions. The indicator can only profile the bars the chart supplies.
Step 4 — Add and configure the indicator
Right-click the chart → Indicators (or press Ctrl+I) and select Mirra Advanced Market Profile.
Set Exchange preset to your market (India_NSE_BSE is the default; India_MCX, US_CME_IndexFutures_RTH, Forex_24x5_NY_5PM and eighteen others are available).
Confirm Volume notation suits your desk — Indian (L / Cr) is the default; Western gives K / M / B.
Leave Volume data source on Minute1, TPO period on 30, Value area % on 70 and Auto row size on. These defaults are the professional standard.
Click OK. Profiles appear immediately across your loaded history.
Step 5 — Save your setup
Adjust colours and toggles to taste.
Right-click the chart → Templates → Save As and name it (for example “Mirra NSE”).
Load that template on any new chart in one click. Keep separate templates per market — one for index futures, one for equities, one for MCX.
03
Reading it
Reading the profile
Everything the indicator draws, what it means, and how traders use it. Colours below are the defaults — all are configurable.
The profile body
What you see
Meaning
How to use it
Letters A, B, C …
One TPO period each. A is the session’s first bracket (09:15–09:45 on NSE with the default 30-minute period), B the second, and so on.
Read how the day developed — which prices were built early, which late.
Coloured blocks
The same information without letters.
A cleaner shape read when you do not need to identify individual periods.
Horizontal bars behind the letters
Traded volume at each price row.
The longest bar is the volume POC — the price with the greatest commitment.
The widest part of the profile
Where the market spent the most time — the value area.
Fair value. Rotational trades happen here.
The narrow ends
Prices quickly rejected.
The auction’s extremes, where responsive traders defended.
○ circle glyph
The opening price of each TPO period (Period open marker).
The sequence of period opens shows how the auction built, bracket by bracket.
Bright outlined cell
The developing session’s most recent print (Highlight latest print).
A live cursor — instantly locate where price is printing right now.
Figures at the left edge
Per-row volume and/or TPO count (Row numbers).
The exact numbers behind the shape. They merge and aggregate automatically as you zoom out, so they never vanish.
Key levels
Line
Tag
Meaning and use
Gold horizontal
POC 24255.60
Point of Control — the most-traded price. The session’s magnet; price returning here is normal rotation.
Orange
VAH …
Value Area High — upper acceptance boundary. Acceptance above signals initiative buying.
Green
VAL …
Value Area Low — lower acceptance boundary. Acceptance below signals initiative selling.
Violet band
IBH / IBL
Initial Balance — the first hour’s range. Inside it the day is rotational; a break is the first directional signal.
Violet dashed
IB×1.5 / IB×2 / IB×3
IB extension targets. Once the IB breaks, these are ready-made profit objectives.
Dashed gold across chart
nPOC · date
Naked POC — a prior session’s POC price has not returned to. A powerful multi-day magnet and target.
Stepped gold
mPOC
Migrating POC — each completed session’s POC joined up. Fair value itself trending, free of price noise.
Dashed orchid
VWAP …
Session volume-weighted average price — the institutional benchmark. Compare with POC to see whether the average participant sits above or below fair value.
Thin dash-dot
MID …
Profile midpoint — a simple mean-reversion reference.
Reference lines
PDH / PDL / PDC
Prior day high, low and close — the levels every market participant watches.
Auction quality signals
Marker
Meaning
How traders use it
Buy Tail (green, at the low)
A run of single prints where responsive buyers rejected price aggressively.
Buyers drew a hard line here — a high-quality reference for stops and targets.
Sell Tail (red, at the high)
The same at the high, from responsive sellers.
Sellers defended here; the high is trustworthy while it holds.
Poor High / Poor Low
A flat extreme with two or more TPOs and no tapering excess — an unfinished auction.
Likely to be revisited and broken. Do not fade a poor high blindly.
Weak High / Weak Low
Only a single row of excess at the extreme.
Marginal quality — weaker than a full tail, stronger than a poor extreme.
Single-print zone (tinted band)
Prices traded in only one period, skipped by a fast move.
Unfinished business — frequently revisited. Targets when price returns, reaction zones when tested.
HVN marker
High Volume Node — an acceptance shelf.
Price tends to stall here. Natural support and resistance.
LVN marker
Low Volume Node — a rejection gap.
Price tends to accelerate through. Natural breakout and target zones.
Gold “O” in the left gutter
The session’s opening price.
Compare open, close and value to judge the day’s character.
Filled dot (right of the letters)
The session’s close — green above its open, red below.
Instant read of the session’s net result.
The floating stats card
Each session carries a summary card so you never have to measure anything by hand. Reading it line by line:
Line
What it tells you
Date · Day type
The session and its classified character (see Day types below), plus the interpretation sentence explaining why.
Vol … lots(65) Δ … T/O …
Session volume (in lots on F&O, with the detected lot size in brackets), net delta with its percentage, and turnover in rupees.
Rng · VA · IB (in ticks)
Session range, value-area width and Initial Balance width — normalised in ticks so you can compare days and instruments directly.
POC · IBR
The Point of Control price and the Initial Balance range in points.
IB high ▲ / low ▼
The exact Initial Balance boundaries.
VA high ▲ / low ▼
The exact value-area boundaries.
Quality flags
Poor High, Poor Low, Weak High, Weak Low — shown only when present.
Interpretation
A plain-language sentence derived from the session’s own structure, e.g. “Balanced open, then initiative buyers extended above the IB — a controlled upward auction.”
Day types — and how to trade them
Once the Initial Balance completes (about one hour into the session with default settings), the indicator classifies the day. The day type tells you which playbook applies — and, most importantly, warns you off fading a trend.
Day type
What it looks like
How to trade it
Developing
The Initial Balance has not finished yet.
Wait. No classification is available before the IB completes.
Trend
Wide range versus the IB, value skewed to one end, one-timeframe movement.
Join pullbacks in the trend direction. Never fade — this is the most expensive intraday mistake.
Normal
Range barely exceeds the Initial Balance.
Rotational. Fade the extremes back toward the POC.
Normal Variation
Balanced open, then a controlled extension beyond the IB on one side.
The most common day. Trade both directions with structure — join the extension, fade exhaustion at the edges.
Neutral
Both IB extremes broken — a two-sided battle.
Indecision. The close decides the winner; be patient and reduce size.
Neutral Extreme
Both extremes broken on a wide range.
Volatile and low-conviction. Size down until one side holds.
Double Distribution
Two separate value zones split by a thin gap.
The gap is the decision pivot: control belongs to whichever side of it price holds.
Non-trend
Extremely narrow, undefined auction.
Usually best left alone. Trade the release, not the chop.
Mirra AI Guidance panel
The AI Guidance panel reads the live auction and answers four questions in a fixed order, so you always know where to look. The same structure appears across all Mirra products.
Section
Answers
Example
MARKET
What is happening right now?
MARKET BULLISH | NORMAL VARIATION | price ABOVE value
EVIDENCE
Why is it happening?
Up to nine structural bullets: price versus value, the opening relationship, value migration and overlap, IB status, delta, tails, poor extremes, day-type reading, and the nearest naked-POC magnets.
NEXT
What is most likely next, and with what confidence?
NEXT Continuation UP 70% | rotation 30% — target nPOC 24179.05
RISK
What would invalidate this view?
RISK below VAL 23688.00 — bias voided; stand aside and reassess
PLAN
The actionable summary.
PLAN buy pullbacks to VAH/POC • stop below VAL • risk/lot ≈ 7.3K
The header pill shows the direction and a confidence figure (for example BULLISH 65%), derived from how many structural signals agree. Labels are colour-coded — gold for structure, red for RISK — so the panel is scannable in one glance.
How to use it well
Do
Don’t
Use it as an experienced second opinion that never gets tired.
Treat it as a signal service or auto-trade it.
Read RISK before entering — it names the level that voids the idea.
Ignore the invalidation level because the bias looks strong.
Cross-check the EVIDENCE bullets against what you see on the profile.
Assume a high confidence figure is a probability guarantee.
Combine it with your own entry timing and position sizing.
Use it as your only input.
Mouse & keyboard shortcuts
Two per-session shortcuts restructure a single profile instantly, without opening any dialog or disturbing the rest of the chart.
Shortcut
Effect
Use case
Ctrl + Left-click on a session
Splits that session into one column per TPO period. Ctrl+click again merges it back.
Study exactly how one day developed — which period built which price — while every other session stays compact.
Shift + Left-click on a session
Flips that profile to build from the right edge. Shift+click again restores it.
Place two sessions face to face to compare their shapes, or clear the space to the right of a profile.
Ctrl + I
Opens the Indicators dialog.
Reach every setting.
04
Feature guide
Exchange & Session
Four settings that tell the indicator which market you trade. They define where each session begins and ends — the foundation every other calculation rests on.
Exchange preset
22 presets + Auto
What it does
Sets the trading-session window used to bound every profile. Covers NSE/BSE, MCX, US equities, CME index futures (RTH) and Globex (ETH), UK, Euronext, Xetra, SIX, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Singapore, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, 24×7 crypto and 24×5 forex. Overnight sessions that cross midnight are handled correctly.
Use case
Set this first, to the market you trade. Forex and Globex traders should set the chart’s Time Zone to New York so the 17:00 session roll lands correctly.
Why it matters
Correct sessions mean correct POC, value area, IB and day type — everything downstream depends on this one setting.
Volume notation
Auto · Indian · Western · Plain
What it does
Controls how large volume and turnover figures are abbreviated. Indian uses L (lakh) and Cr (crore); Western uses K / M / B; Plain shows the full number.
Use case
Set it to the convention your desk speaks.
Why it matters
Liquidity is judged at a glance instead of being mentally converted — “2.97Cr” reads instantly to an Indian desk where “29.7M” does not.
Lot size mode
AutoDetect · Manual
What it does
Determines how the F&O contract lot is obtained. AutoDetect works it out from live trade sizes and re-learns after exchange revisions; on equities it resolves to 1 and switches off by itself.
Use case
Leave on AutoDetect for any F&O watchlist.
Why it matters
Volume reads in lots, turnover in rupees, and the AI plan carries a risk-per-lot figure — across every symbol, with no lot table to maintain through SEBI revisions.
Lot size (manual)
integer
What it does
The contract lot applied when Lot size mode is Manual (for example 75 for NIFTY).
Use case
Use for historical-only studies where live trade sizes are unavailable for detection.
Why it matters
Keeps lot-based figures correct when automatic detection has nothing to learn from.
Profile Engine
The core mechanics: what one profile covers, how finely price is sliced, and how value is calculated.
Volume data source
Minute1 (default) · Tick
What it does
Chooses how per-price volume is built. Minute1 uses an internal one-minute series so profiles plot across all of your loaded history. Tick uses tick-by-tick data for true tick-rule delta, limited to your feed’s tick depth.
Use case
Keep Minute1 for everyday use and any multi-month study. Switch to Tick for order-flow-grade delta on recent sessions.
Why it matters
You get full-history profiles like a classic Market Profile platform, with the option of tick-precision delta when you need it.
Sets what a single profile covers: one trading day, a week, a month, the last N sessions combined, or one profile between two date-times you specify.
Use case
Session for day trading; Weekly or Monthly before taking a swing position; CustomRange to profile a single event such as a policy announcement.
Why it matters
See value at the timeframe you actually trade, and isolate individual events for study.
View layout
FullProfile · SplitPeriods
What it does
FullProfile merges each session into one profile; SplitPeriods draws every TPO period in its own column.
Use case
Keep FullProfile normally; use SplitPeriods (or Ctrl+click a single session) to study development.
Why it matters
The classic shape read by default, with a development view one click away.
Rolling sessions (composite)
integer
What it does
How many sessions combine when Profile period is RollingSessions.
Use case
Gives a continuously updated multi-day value picture on your intraday screen.
Why it matters
Swing context without switching charts.
Display mode
TpoAndVolume · TpoOnly · VolumeOnly · Overlay
What it does
Selects which engines draw: TPO and volume side by side, either alone, or both overlaid.
Use case
TpoAndVolume is the complete picture; VolumeOnly suits order-flow traders; Overlay saves horizontal space.
Why it matters
Match the display to your method without losing the underlying analysis.
TPO style
Blocks · Letters · LettersAndBlocks
What it does
How each period renders — coloured block, period letter, or letters over blocks.
Use case
Letters when you need to identify periods (essential for reading development and single prints); Blocks when zoomed out or capturing screenshots.
Why it matters
Detail when you need it, clarity when you don’t.
TPO period (minutes)
default 30
What it does
Minutes represented by one TPO letter. Thirty is the long-standing professional standard.
Use case
Leave at 30 so your read matches the wider profile community. Keep it identical in the chart and the scanner.
Why it matters
Your analysis speaks the same language as every other profile trader — and both Mirra products agree.
Auto row size
on by default
What it does
Sizes each price row automatically from the instrument’s own average daily range, targeting a readable profile. The identical formula runs in the scanner.
Use case
Leave it on. Turn off only when you need one exact tick-per-row value.
Why it matters
One template works across a mixed watchlist — a ₹200 stock and Bank Nifty are each profiled sensibly with no manual tuning.
Auto row adjust (+/− ticks)
−500 to +500
What it does
Nudges the automatic row size: positive is coarser, negative is finer.
Use case
Small adjustments when the automatic density is close but not quite to taste.
Why it matters
Fine-tune resolution without giving up automatic sizing.
Ticks per row (manual)
1 to 1000
What it does
Fixes each row to an exact tick count. Applies only when Auto row size is off.
Use case
Wide-range instruments where you want a deliberately fixed grid, or two charts that must use provably identical rows.
Why it matters
Total control when a study demands it.
Value area basis
Volume · Tpo
What it does
Whether the value area and POC come from traded volume or from time (TPO count).
Use case
Volume reflects where capital was committed — the more common professional choice. Tpo is the classic Steidlmayer definition.
Why it matters
Use the definition your methodology is built on; keep chart and scanner matched.
Value area %
default 70
What it does
The share of activity defining the value area, expanded from the POC by the standard two-row method.
Use case
Seventy percent is the accepted standard — change only if your methodology uses another figure.
Why it matters
Your value area matches what other professionals are watching, so reactions at the edges are shared.
Max sessions kept
2 to 2000
What it does
How many historical profiles are retained and drawn (default 60).
Use case
Raise for long historical studies. Remember the chart’s Days to load must supply the bars.
Why it matters
Deep context for naked POCs and composites, or a light chart when you want speed.
Custom range start / end
date-time
What it does
The exact window profiled when Profile period is CustomRange.
Use case
Isolate one event — a rate decision, a volatile session, an overnight range.
Why it matters
Read a single event as a self-contained auction with its own value area and POC.
Auction Tools
The structural signals professional profile traders watch. Each is a specific, well-defined auction event drawn directly on the chart.
Show Initial Balance
on / off
What it does
Draws the Initial Balance — the range of the session’s first sub-periods — as a band, with IBH and IBL tags.
Use case
Keep on. The IB frames the whole day.
Why it matters
While price holds inside, the session is rotational; a break is usually the first tradeable signal of the morning.
IB sub-periods
default 2
What it does
How many TPO periods form the Initial Balance. Two periods at a 30-minute TPO equals the first hour.
Use case
Keep at 2 for the classic definition; set 1 on fast markets.
Why it matters
The IB matches the standard every profile trader uses.
IB extension 1 / 2 / 3 (%)
150 · 200 · 300
What it does
Projects target levels at multiples of the IB range once the Initial Balance completes, each tagged with its multiple and price.
Use case
On a trend day these become profit targets.
Why it matters
Targets are pre-drawn and labelled — no measuring under pressure.
Show single prints
on / off
What it does
Highlights single-print zones — rows touched in only one TPO period, left behind by a fast move.
Use case
Keep on. Watch for price returning to them.
Why it matters
Single prints are unfinished business: high-quality targets when price returns and reaction zones when tested.
Singles extension
ToSessionEnd · ToNextSession · UntilIntersected · Off
What it does
How far single-print zones project forward. UntilIntersected keeps a zone live until price fills it, shrinking it as it partially fills.
Use case
UntilIntersected is the most informative setting.
Why it matters
You always see exactly which skipped prices remain open — and therefore where the market may still be pulled.
Show poor highs / lows
on / off
What it does
Flags flat, unfinished extremes with two or more TPOs and no tapering excess. Weak High / Weak Low glyphs mark single-row excess.
Use case
Check before fading any extreme.
Why it matters
A poor high is a weak ceiling, not a strong one — this flag stops you shorting into a level likely to give way.
Show buy / sell tails
on / off
What it does
Marks runs of single prints at the extremes where price was sharply rejected.
Use case
Use tails to judge which extreme is trustworthy.
Why it matters
Tails show who defended aggressively — excellent reference points for stops and targets.
Naked POC display
All · NakedOnly · Hidden
What it does
Controls prior-session POC lines. NakedOnly shows just the untested ones.
Use case
NakedOnly is the highest-signal choice.
Why it matters
Untested POCs are powerful multi-day magnets — targets and reaction levels visible days in advance.
Migrating POC step-line
on / off
What it does
Joins each completed session’s POC into a stepped line, tagged mPOC.
Use case
Use as a trend filter.
Why it matters
This is fair value itself trending — a cleaner directional signal than price, because it filters intraday noise entirely.
Show HVN / LVN nodes
on / off
What it does
Marks the strongest high-volume and low-volume nodes in the profile.
Use case
Use for support, resistance and breakout mapping.
Why it matters
HVNs are acceptance shelves that stall price; LVNs are gaps price accelerates through — together they map where a move pauses and where it runs.
HVN / LVN count
integer
What it does
How many of each node type to mark.
Use case
Keep low (2–3) for only decisive levels; raise for a detailed map of a composite.
Why it matters
Signal without clutter.
POC / VA extension
ToSessionEnd · ToNextSession · UntilIntersected · Off
What it does
How far POC and value-area lines project forward in time.
Use case
ToNextSession is the workhorse setting.
Why it matters
Lets you watch today’s price react to yesterday’s value edges — one of the most reliable intraday setups in profile trading.
Premium Visuals
Appearance and on-chart information. None of these affect calculations.
The profile colour scheme. MirraPremium is the brand look; PeriodGradient shades by time of day; Heatmap by activity; Delta by buy/sell dominance; Mono is a single colour (using the TPO body colour); MultiColor gives every period its own vivid colour — the classic TPO rainbow.
Use case
Delta mode shows aggression at a glance; MultiColor matches traditional TPO tools; Mono gives a minimalist chart.
Why it matters
Colour carries information rather than just decorating.
Profile width (% of session)
percentage
What it does
How wide the profile draws relative to its session’s horizontal space.
Use case
Widen when shape is your primary read; narrow to see candles clearly alongside.
Why it matters
Balance profile detail against price action on one screen.
TPO opacity / Volume opacity (%)
5 to 100
What it does
Transparency of the letters/blocks and of the volume bars, independently.
Use case
Emphasise the engine you trade from and mute the other.
Why it matters
Your primary read stands out without losing the secondary one.
Floating stats card
on by default
What it does
The per-session summary box described earlier in this guide.
Use case
Keep on. Compare today against the last few sessions.
Why it matters
Every figure that matters, with no measuring — and an interpretation sentence.
Day-type classification
on / off
What it does
Shows the detected day type and its interpretation on the stats card, from the moment the IB completes.
Use case
Check it before choosing a strategy for the session.
Why it matters
Tells you which playbook applies — and warns you off fading a trend day.
Level price tags
on / off
What it does
Labels every level: POC, VAH, VAL, IBH, IBL, IB extensions, VWAP, MID, mPOC. Prior sessions carry their date; the live session’s tags lead ahead of the profile.
Use case
Keep on. It is the fastest way to identify a line.
Why it matters
You always know which line is which and which session it belongs to — with automatic overlap resolution.
Show session VWAP
on / off
What it does
Plots the developing volume-weighted average price with a labelled dashed line.
Use case
Compare VWAP against the POC.
Why it matters
Shows whether the average participant is positioned above or below fair value — a key institutional benchmark.
Letter font size
points
What it does
A fixed letter size, used only when Smart letter fit is off.
Use case
For a consistent size regardless of zoom, typically for presentation.
Why it matters
Predictable output for recordings and reports.
Smart letter fit
on by default
What it does
Sizes letters to the current zoom and merges very thin rows so letters stay legible.
Use case
Leave on.
Why it matters
Solves the classic TPO frustration of letters disappearing when you zoom out.
Period open marker
Off · ClassicO · BoxedLetter
What it does
Marks each TPO period’s opening price inside the profile — either the traditional ○ glyph or an outlined letter cell.
Use case
ClassicO matches traditional TPO tools; BoxedLetter keeps period identity visible on long sessions.
Why it matters
The sequence of period opens shows how the day built, bracket by bracket.
Highlight latest print
on by default
What it does
Outlines the developing session’s most recent TPO cell.
Use case
Glance at it to find the live edge of the auction.
Why it matters
You never lose track of where price is printing right now.
Open / Close markers
on by default
What it does
A gold “O” at the session open and a filled dot at the close — green above the open, red below.
Use case
Compare open, close and value.
Why it matters
The classic session-character read at a glance.
Row numbers (left of profile)
Off · Volume · TpoCount · VolumeAndTpo
What it does
Prints per-row volume and/or TPO count beside the profile. Rows merge and aggregate automatically when the chart is compressed.
Use case
Turn on for precise node and value analysis.
Why it matters
The exact figures behind the shape — and they stay readable at any chart size instead of vanishing.
Row numbers font size / color
7–18 · default 10, light grey
What it does
Size and colour of those figures. The POC row always uses the POC colour.
Use case
Enlarge for analysis sessions; shrink for compact multi-chart layouts.
Why it matters
The numbers are as readable as the letters, in a colour that suits your theme.
Prior day H / L / Close lines
on / off
What it does
Draws PDH, PDL and PDC reference lines.
Use case
Keep on for intraday trading.
Why it matters
These are the most widely watched levels by all participants — which is exactly why they produce reactions.
Profile midpoint line
on / off
What it does
Draws the geometric midpoint of the range, tagged MID.
Use case
Use as a quick mean-reversion reference.
Why it matters
Price relative to the mid gives an instant sense of who won the session so far.
Hide candlesticks (pure TPO view)
on / off
What it does
Makes the chart’s price bars transparent so only the profile shows. Bars return when you switch it off.
Use case
A clean structure-only view, and the clearest screenshots.
Individual colours for every element. Card background and Card text drive both the stats card and the AI panel.
Use case
Match the indicator to your workspace theme; flip to a light theme by changing the two card colours.
Why it matters
A chart that fits your existing setup exactly, saved with your template.
AI Guidance & Alerts
AI Guidance
Show AI Guidance panel
on by default
What it does
Enables the MARKET / EVIDENCE / NEXT / RISK / PLAN panel described earlier.
Use case
Use it as a structured second opinion; read RISK before entering.
Why it matters
Eight or nine structural observations compressed into one glance, always with the level that voids the idea.
Strong delta threshold (%)
1 to 50, default 5
What it does
How large the session delta must be before it counts as “strong” and contributes ±2 to the score.
Use case
Raise it to demand more conviction on noisy instruments. Keep identical to the scanner’s setting of the same name.
Why it matters
The panel’s definition of “buyers dominant” matches your own — and both Mirra products agree.
Panel position
TopRight · TopLeft · BottomRight · BottomLeft
What it does
Which corner the panel occupies.
Use case
Move it away from where price is trading, or keep one consistent corner across all charts.
Why it matters
Your eye always knows where to look.
Alerts
Hands-off monitoring: the indicator watches your levels and tells you when something structurally meaningful happens — with a tone of your choosing, only during the hours you trade.
Switch Enable alerts on (the master switch).
Choose which events to monitor: POC touch, VAH / VAL touch, Naked POC test, IB break.
Set Alert sound file (default) to a tone from NinjaTrader’s sounds folder — enter just the file name, for example Alert2.wav.
Optionally give each event its own tone (POC touch tone, VAH / VAL touch tone, Naked POC tone, IB break tone). Any left blank use the default.
Set Alert window start and end in 24-hour HHmm form — for example 915 to 1515 for Indian markets. Leaving both at 0 keeps alerts always on; windows crossing midnight are supported.
Set Cooldown (seconds) to prevent repeat alerts while price oscillates around a level.
Alert
Why it earns its place
POC touch
Catches fair-value tests — where rotation most often occurs and responsive trades are initiated.
VAH / VAL touch
The value edges are the session’s decision points: acceptance beyond signals initiative, rejection signals rotation.
Naked POC test
These magnets can be days old — you no longer need to watch them manually across a dozen charts.
IB break
Often the first directional signal of the day; lets you monitor several instruments and still catch the first move on each.
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Workflows
The first-hour routine
Before the open, note yesterday’s POC, VAH and VAL (they extend into today) and any naked POCs above and below.
At the open, watch where price opens relative to prior value — above, below, or inside. The AI panel states this in its EVIDENCE section.
Let the Initial Balance form (the first hour by default). Do not force a trade into an unformed structure.
When the IB completes, read the day type on the stats card and the NEXT line in the AI panel.
Trade the playbook that matches: join extensions on trend and normal-variation days; fade the edges on normal and balance days; respect the RISK level in every case.
Profile period Weekly (or RollingSessions 5) · Max sessions 200+ · Volume source Minute1 · Migrating POC on · HVN/LVN on (count 3) · Prior day lines on
Order flow / scalping
Volume source Tick · Display VolumeOnly or Overlay · Color mode Delta · TPO period 10–15 · Auto row adjust slightly negative · Row numbers Volume
Study & presentation
Hide candlesticks on · TPO style Blocks · Color mode Mono or MirraPremium · Level price tags on · Stats card on
Pairing with the Mirra Market Profile Scanner
The scanner runs the same engine as columns in NinjaTrader’s Market Analyzer, so you can rank a whole watchlist by structure and then open charts only on the names worth your attention.
Sort your watchlist by MirraScore each morning to find the strongest bullish and bearish structures.
Check the SessionCoveragePct column reads 100 so you know the data is complete.
Open the Mirra chart on the top two or three names in each direction for the full picture.
Keep TPO period, Value area %, Exchange preset and Strong delta threshold identical in both products so their numbers always agree.
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Troubleshooting
Symptom
Most likely cause
Fix
Sessions start or end at the wrong time
Exchange preset does not match the chart’s Time Zone
Set the chart Time Zone to the exchange’s local zone, or use the Auto preset
The chart was restored from settings saved before that feature existed
Reload the chart (or reconnect). New settings fill in their defaults automatically
Older sessions show letters but no volume
Volume data source is Tick and tick history is shallower than the chart
Switch Volume data source to Minute1
Not enough sessions on the chart
Max sessions kept, or the chart’s Days to load, is too low
Raise both — the chart must load the bars the indicator profiles
Profile rows look too coarse or too fine
Auto row size off, or a manual ticks-per-row value set
Turn Auto row size on, then fine-tune with Auto row adjust
Single-print zones are not visible
They may already be filled — UntilIntersected hides filled zones by design
Switch Singles extension to ToNextSession to see historical zones too
Day type does not appear
The Initial Balance has not completed yet
Classification begins once the IB finishes — usually one hour after the open
Alerts never fire
The alert window excludes the current time, or Enable alerts is off
Set the window to 0 / 0 for always-on and confirm the master switch
Letters read A, C, E, G …
The chart interval is longer than the TPO period
Use a chart interval at or below the TPO period — 1 to 5 minutes is ideal
Chart and scanner show different values
Mismatched settings, or the scanner column loads too few bars
Match TPO period, Value area %, Value area basis and delta threshold; set the column to 1 Minute with Days to load 15–30
FAQ
Common questions
Sessions start or end at the wrong time?
Set the chart Time Zone to the exchange’s local zone, or use the Auto preset (Exchange preset does not match the chart’s Time Zone)
Settings open but nothing draws?
Send your Machine ID (Help → About) to [email protected](Licence not yet active for this machine)
A feature looks missing after an update?
Reload the chart (or reconnect). New settings fill in their defaults automatically (The chart was restored from settings saved before that feature existed)
Older sessions show letters but no volume?
Switch Volume data source to Minute1 (Volume data source is Tick and tick history is shallower than the chart)
Not enough sessions on the chart?
Raise both — the chart must load the bars the indicator profiles (Max sessions kept, or the chart’s Days to load, is too low)
Profile rows look too coarse or too fine?
Turn Auto row size on, then fine-tune with Auto row adjust (Auto row size off, or a manual ticks-per-row value set)
Download from either page, then send your Machine ID (Help → About in NinjaTrader) to [email protected] to activate. Every Mirra indicator is exclusive to Accelpix Live Data subscribers, and is designed, tested and optimised for the Accelpix real-time and historical feed — the recommended data vendor for best performance.