Stacked imbalances on footprint

Stacked Imbalances - Footprint Order Flow Indicator

Take your order flow analysis to the next level.

This professional tool automatically detects and highlights Stacked Imbalances directly on the Footprint chart, helping you identify strong institutional buying and selling pressure with precision.

What is a Stacked Imbalance?

A standard imbalance occurs when the Bid or Ask volume at one price level is significantly larger than the opposite side, showing aggressive buying/selling.
A Stacked Imbalance is a much stronger signal. It occurs when multiple consecutive imbalances appear stacked in the same direction at adjacent price levels. This indicates sustained and aggressive absorption by large players - a high-probability area for continuation or reversal.

  • Bullish Stacked Imbalance: Multiple consecutive Ask imbalances stacked - Strong buying pressure
  • Bearish Stacked Imbalance: Multiple consecutive Bid imbalances stacked - Strong selling pressure

Features:

  • True Footprint Visualization: Displays Bid x Ask volume at each price level
  • Automatic Stacked Detection: Smart algorithm finds stacked imbalances in real-time
  • Fully Customizable: Set your own Imbalance Ratio [%], minimum number of stacked levels [2, 3, 4...], and lookback
  • Clean Visual Highlighting: Clearly marks stacked zones with customizable colors for Bullish / Bearish
  • Smart Alerts System: Never miss a setup with MT5 alerts, Push Notifications to mobile, and Email alerts
  • Works on Everything: Forex, Indices, Crypto, Stocks and Futures - any symbol with tick data
  • Lightweight & Fast: Optimized code that does not slow down your terminal

Indicator Settings:

  • Imbalance Ratio: Minimum % to consider an imbalance valid [e.g. 200%, 300%]
  • Stacked Levels Required: How many consecutive imbalances to form a stack
  • Bullish / Bearish Colors and Box Style
  • Enable / Disable Alerts
  • Footprint Text Size and Colors

How to Trade It:

Traders use Stacked Imbalances to:

  1. Confirm trend continuation
  2. Spot exhaustion and potential reversals
  3. Identify high-quality Support / Resistance zones created by institutions
  4. Improve entries with confluence with Volume Profile or VWAP

This is not a standalone trading system. It is a professional order flow tool to improve your decision making and market reading.

Note: For best results, use on M1 to M30 timeframes with Futures or symbols providing real tick volume. Requires "Chart on foreground" disabled for best visibility.

Tags: order flow, footprint, bid ask, imbalance, stacked imbalance, smart money, institutional trading, volume, footprint chart, DOM


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