Auction Market Theory Explained: Value Area, POC and Why Price Moves

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:04:00 -0400

Used car lot. Sticker says $30,000. You laugh. At $27,000 you shrug. At $24,000 you and three other guys reach for your wallets.

That’s fair price. Every market is an auction, and it finds fair price the same way, just faster. Price goes up to find sellers and down to find buyers. Once you see it that way, charts stop looking random and start looking like a negotiation.

Fair Price on Mind Over Ticks

Auction Market Theory Explained: Value Area, POC and Why Price Moves