The feature detects single print of volume equal or higher than Block trade size filter value. When such a trade has been detected, a line is drawn from the corresponding cell to the right. Total volume of all block trades in the cell is displayed above the line.
Block trade at ask color - line color if the block trade is detected at ask price
Block trade at bid color - line color if the block trade is detected at bid price
Block trade font - total volume font
Block trade line dash style - line dash style
Block trade line width - line width
Block trade size filter - minimum size of a trade to be marked as block. 0 disables the detection
This section sets the appearance of the ladder. Currently the ladder can be displayed as bar ladder (each bar is fully colored, open and close are displayed by a thin bar next to the numbers) or candle ladder (each bar has wicks and bodies, only the body is colored). Each bar can have Delta value displayed on top.
Ask Background - background of a cell with majority of trades at ask
Bid Background - background of a cell with majority of trades at bid
Cell value - sets how the bid and ask values are displayed in each cell
Delta Above Bar Font - font for displaying the Delta value above the bar
Delta Above Bar Negative Color - color of the Delta value if Delta < 0
Delta Above Bar Negative Positive Color - color of the Delta value if Delta > 0
Display Delta Above Bar - enables and disables drawing of the delta value above the bar
Display Reversal Bar - if enabled, a reversal bar is drawn
Grid color - grid color
Highest Volume Cell - draws bold rectangle of selected color around the cell with highest volume in each bar; can be disabled
Ladder Ask Bar Color - color of a upward bar
Ladder Bid Bar Color - color of a downward bar
Ladder type - determines if the shape of bars should be Candle or Bar
Mark Highest Volume Cell - enables or disables drawing rectangle around the highest volume cell
Font - font for displaying the cell values
Load Historical Data - enables or disables loading historical data; can have performance impact if enabled
Size filter - if > 0, only prints of selected volume or higher are used for footprint calculations
Text color - ladder text color
Settings
Ask Cell Background - background color of summary cells with majority of trades at ask
Bid Cell Background - background color of summary cells with majority of trades at bid
Delta Cell Background - background color of Delta summary cells
Header Background - background color of summary header
Volume Cell Background - background of Volume summary cells
Each setting enables or disables displaying the corresponding line in the summary section
Enables or disables detection of unfinished business pattern - upward bars with the top cell having both trades at ask and bid, or downward bar with the bottom bar having both trades at ask and bid. This is considered to be a continuation pattern, the price tends to retest the unfinished business level. When the unfinished business is detected, a line is drawn at the corresponding level.
Enable detection - enables or disables unfinished business detection
High line color - color of a line at unfinished business on a upward bar
Line dash style - dash style of the unfinished business lines
Line width - width of the unfinished business lines
Low line color - color of a line at unfinished business on a downward bar
The feature checks bid traded volume of one price to the ask traded volume of the price located directly above.The Footprint then compares the ratio of volume between the two. If the ratio is significantly high, it means a high pressure of sellers or buyers is present at the current level.
The feature detects Imbalance Clusters, sets of cells with the same type of volume imbalance. Such cluster are important levels of very high trading pressure in the respective direction. When a cluster is detected, two lines are drawn marking the high and low of the cluster.
Settings
Ask Text Color - color of the cell text if imbalance at ask is detected
Bid Text Color - color of the cell text if imbalance at bid is detected
Imbalance cluster line dash style
Imbalance cluster line width
Imbalance cluster size - minimal number of cells in a cluster
Imbalance Trigger in Percent - minimal ratio of ask and corresponding bid volumes; the value is in percent
Imbalance cluster at ask line color - color of the cluster marking line if the cluster contains ask imbalance cells
Imbalance cluster at bid line color- color of the cluster marking line if the cluster contains bid imbalance cells
Volume Imbalance font - font of the cell text if imbalance is detected
Ask Volume Bar color - color of the Ask part of volume bar
Bid volume Bar Color - color of the Bid part of volume bar
Total Volume Bar color - color of the Total volume bar