FOOTPRINT PRO — BID x ASK CLUSTER CHART
Candles tell you where price moved. A footprint tells you who moved it. Footprint Pro breaks every candle open into price clusters built from real tick data, showing exactly where buyers and sellers fought — and who won.
This is the kind of order flow analysis that normally requires a dedicated platform and a monthly subscription. Footprint Pro brings it natively into cTrader, as a one-time purchase.
🔍 WHAT YOU SEE ON EVERY CANDLE
• Volume clusters — each candle is split into price rows; every row shows its traded activity as a color-coded heat cell.
• Sell x Buy numbers — zoom in and every row displays its exact sell and buy tick counts, classified by real uptick/downtick movement.
• Candle POC — the busiest price row of each candle, outlined in gold.
• Delta — net buying vs selling per candle, printed under each bar.
• Cumulative delta — running session delta (Σ) under every candle, resetting daily. Spot divergences: price making highs while Σ falls is a warning no candle chart can give you.
• Imbalance detection — rows where aggression exceeds the opposite side diagonally (default 3:1) are outlined automatically. Stacked imbalances often mark institutional activity.
⚡ BUILT FROM REAL TICK DATA
• Every cluster is constructed from your broker's actual tick history — not bar approximations.
• Smart lazy loading: only visible candles are processed, in the background, so your chart never freezes.
• Live updates: the current candle's clusters, delta and Σ update tick by tick as trading happens.
• Deep history: when you scroll beyond your broker's tick data, Footprint Pro automatically switches to M1-based approximation and marks those bars with ≈ — no blank charts, no surprises.
🎯 HOW TRADERS USE IT
• Confirm breakouts: strong delta and stacked imbalances in the breakout candle separate real moves from traps.
• Fade exhaustion: high volume with shrinking delta at a swing high/low signals absorption.
• Read divergence: price up + cumulative delta down = rally without real buying.
• Refine entries: enter at the candle POC or imbalance levels instead of arbitrary prices.
⚙️ FULLY ADJUSTABLE
• Automatic row sizing (~10 rows per candle) or fixed row size in pips.
• Toggle numbers, delta labels, cumulative delta, candle POC, imbalance highlighting.
• Adjustable imbalance ratio, render limit, and all colors.
• Candles are automatically hidden behind clusters for a clean, professional footprint look.
🧪 TRY BEFORE YOU BUY
A free trial version is available — same engine, displaying the most recent 15 candles. Test it on your broker's data first, then upgrade to the full version.
Works on any symbol. Best experienced on M1–M15 charts. One-time purchase, no subscription, free updates.
