摘要：Research background: In today’s modern world, we can constantly observe turbulent changes in every aspect of human life. These changes have also affected the area of financial markets, where we can identify a gigantic shift in the last few decades. In our article, we focused on the issue of trading in financial markets, the history of trading in contrast to the current situation, but especially the tool for predicting future price movements of financial instruments. In our article, we dealt with the issue of financial markets, their development and prediction tools.Purpose of the article: The aim of our article was to provide a brief overview of the path that the financial markets area has taken in the recent past to the present day.Methods: We used formal methods such as analysis and synthesis of theoretical findings and others.Findings & Value added: Based on the above-mentioned methods, we developed a clear framework for the development of financial markets, forecasting tools and specified the volume profile method and identified its strong relationship to the functioning of financial markets and the auction process itself. We consider the goal of the paper to be fulfilled and we believe it will bring a certain benefit of research in the given area.
