Footprint Settings

Modified on Fri, 23 Aug at 5:02 PM

The cluster chart (footprint) can be viewed in different modes: Bid x Ask, Delta, Volume, Volume (Delta color), Delta Profile, and other cluster chart types.

1. To open it, click on the icon for chart settings.
2. Open the second tab - Cluster settings.

Clusters content

Content	Volume Trades Volume and trades Volume and delta Delta Delta (centered) Bid x Ask Bid/Ask (centered) Bid/Ask None
Mode	Full row Bid/Ask profile Volume profile Trades profile Delta profile Bid/Ask ladder Positive/Negative delta profile
Draw borders

Color scheme

Color scheme	Delta Solid Volume proportion Trades proportion Bid/Ask volume proportion Heatmap by volume Heatmap by trades Heatmap by delta None
Background of clusters
Main color
Bid Color
Ask Color
Heatmap
Upper cut-off, %	This parameter sets the upper limit for the maximum volume, determining the colors used to represent it. For example, if a 5% cut-off value is selected, the platform will assign the maximum color for the top 5% volume values.
Contrast

Additional footprint

Additional footprint - provides the settings options for the second footprint on the chart, enabling you to view clusters in two different modes simultaneously on a single chart.

Content
Mode
Color scheme
Draw borders
Background of clusters
Main color
Bid color
Ask color
Heatmap
Upper cut-off, %
Contrast
Maximum Volume Type
Border color
Border width
Text color
Bold Text

Outer border and direction indicator

Border Type	Body Candle None
Border color by direction	Color Line style Width
Border
Direction indicator width

Font

Show Text
Text color
Auto Size
Font size
Cluster values divider	It divides the cluster values by the entered value, enabling compact representations within the clusters.
Width to show text

Maximum Level

Maximum Volume Type	Volume Trades Bid Ask Negative Delta Positive Delta
Border color
Border width
Text color
Bold text

Value Area

Color

Proportion Settings

Mode	Bars - the proportion is based on the highest value among the loaded bars. The intensity of cluster shading is adjusted relative to the highest value. Visible area - the proportion is based on the highest value within the visible area of the chart. Whole chart - the proportion is based on the whole chart. Custom proportion value - this option enables you to set a cluster value as 100%, and the proportion will be calculated based on it.
Custom proportion value	To create histograms. Activated when manual proportion is selected.
Upper cut-off	This parameter sets the upper limit for the maximum volume, determining the colors used to represent it. For example, if a 5% cut-off value is selected, the platform will assign the maximum color for the top 5% volume values. This feature is compatible with the Delta, Volume Proportion and Trades Proportion color schemes.

Settings for the Bid/Ask Imbalance Mode

This feature enables automatic highlighting of market buy and sell imbalances within each specific spread. The imbalance value is determined as a percentage ratio of the compared volumes, you can find more details in the Bid/Ask Imbalance Cluster Type article.

Enable
Bid Color
Ask Color
Imbalance Race
Volume filter
Minimum difference
Ignore zero values
Bold text

Filters

Filter Type	Bid Ask Volume Trades Relative volume, % of max.vol. - enables you to specify the percentage of the maximum volume above which clusters will be highlighted. Relative trades, % of max.trades - enables you to set the percentage of the maximum number of trades above which clusters will be highlighted.
Value
Background
Text Color

For instance, if Relative Volume is set to 90, it means that clusters with volumes exceeding 90% of the maximum volume visible on the chart will be highlighted.

Advanced

Custom Row Height

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