Order flow footprint chart

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• Use the Visual mode with "Every tick based on real ticks".

• Run your first test on the latest 3 days of history, on M1 or M5.

• Give the first load time: MetaTrader downloads the tick history before the candles fill in.

• In the tester the mouse wheel does not zoom. Click and hold the left mouse button on the price ladder

  and drag up or down to zoom in and out.

• A Quick Start panel opens in the tester and shows the main controls.

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My Futures OrderFlow Footprint Chart: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/174307

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OVERVIEW

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Footprint Chart Pro replaces the standard MetaTrader 5 chart with a complete order-flow workspace.

Instead of only seeing where price went, you see how much traded at every price inside every candle,

and whether buyers or sellers did the trading.

Footprints, volume and TPO profiles, imbalances, absorption, power trades, delta divergence, market

structure, a Ladder Trader with DOM and Time & Sales, a higher-timeframe candle, alerts and planning

tools all live on one chart, switched from one strip of buttons.

It is a visual analysis tool: it never places, modifies or closes orders.

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1. FOOTPRINT CANDLE STYLES (18)

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The same order-flow data, drawn the way you like to read it:

1. Minimalist — bid x ask numbers only, no boxes

2. Background Cells — coloured cells shaded by volume

3. Candle Frame — the candle body as a frame around the numbers

4. Volume Profile Candle — every candle is its own small volume profile (default)

5. Frameless — thin side candle with clean number columns

6. Middle Candle — full candle in the centre, sellers left, buyers right

7. Delta Cells — one delta number per price, shaded by strength

8. Bid x Ask Profile — mirrored sell / buy bars per price

9. Bid x Ask Cells — classic boxed bid and ask cells

10. VAH / VAL — the value area of every candle, bracketed and labelled

11. Delta Vol Profile — delta profile, numbers and volume profile in one candle

12. Volume Footprint Profile — numbers plus a volume profile per candle

13. Delta Footprint Profile — numbers plus a delta profile per candle

14. Wide Footprint Heatmap — gapless heat cells, 4 modes on one button

15. Side Ladder — one bold value per price, 4 modes on one button

16. Heikin Ashi — smoothed trend candles

17. Renko — volatility-sized bricks

18. TPO Profile Candle — footprint plus time-at-price squares in every candle

Every style shows the POC, imbalances in their own colours, and can add a bar volume profile.

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2. TICK-BY-TICK VOLUME ENGINE

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• Every trade is placed on the row of the price it traded at, with its real size.

• Buyer or seller is decided by the exchange flag, then the bid / ask quote, then price direction.

• History is rebuilt from tick history on every timeframe you switch to.

• The forming candle is rebuilt from its ticks several times a second; closed candles are locked.

• Time & Sales, the Ladder Trader, profiles and the HTF candle read the same ticks, so they all agree.

• Exchange feeds (futures, stocks) follow the real trades. Quote-only forex / CFD feeds show relative

  activity at each price, counted the same way MetaTrader counts tick volume.

• Works in the Strategy Tester full.

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3. INTERFACE, ZOOM & WORKSPACE

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• Price ladder zoom: point at the price scale and scroll. Zoom in to read every number, or out to

  days of price in one view, without changing timeframe.

• Top header: symbol, price, daily change, trend arrows from M5 to D1, HTF and current-TF bias.

• Header buttons: Reset, Zoom In / Out, Up / Down, Bar Volume Profile, Side Panels, Button Names,

  Button Strip.

• Bottom strip: 31 tool buttons and 18 style buttons, with name tips on hover.

• Floating panels: move by the title bar, resize by the corner grip, ? help cards on most panels.

• Side Panels workspace: the chart narrows and the right side becomes a space to park panels, while

  the header and button strip keep the full width.

• Your style, panels and on / off choices stay when you change timeframe or symbol.

• Display resolution: Auto, or presets from 1366x768 to 8K, plus a UI size % setting.

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4. ORDER-FLOW TOOLS

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• Imbalances — diagonal bid / ask comparison, three strength levels, each with its own colour.

• Stacked Imbalances (STK) — runs of imbalances boxed and extended right; filled stacks fade.

• Absorption Bubbles (HVN) — trapped buyers or sellers at high-volume levels and zones, with

  confirmation rings.

• Power Trades (PWR) — bubbles at prices with unusually heavy one-sided volume, with your own

  minimum size.

• Candle Stats (STAT) — delta, volume, imbalance count and changes under every candle.

• Volume / Delta Bars (VOL) — a bar under every candle, in volume or delta mode.

• Candle Colour (CLR) — zoomed-out candles coloured by an MA or the session VWAP.

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5. VOLUME & TPO PROFILES

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• Side Volume Profile (VP) — visible or session profile; total, buy, sell, delta or total + delta.

• Range Volume Profile (RVP) — drag a box over any candles for its volume and delta profile.

• TPO Side Band (TPB) — market profile of the candles on screen, with an optional delta lane.

• TPO Profile Draw (TPO) — drag a box to build a market profile of just those candles.

• POC, VAH, VAL and the value area on every profile; volume-coloured TPO squares.

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6. MARKET STRUCTURE

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• Trading Sessions — Asia, London and New York boxes with automatic daylight saving.

• Power of Three (PO3) — accumulation, manipulation and distribution boxes on every timeframe.

• Fair Value Gaps (FVG) — bullish and bearish gaps, removed once filled.

• Key levels — previous day high / low, week high / low and week POC.

• Supply & Demand Zones (S&D) — zone bands with detail cards: state, strength, structure,

   volume, base quality, distance, age and retests.

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7. DIVERGENCE, TREND & ANALYSIS

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• Divergence Pane (DIV) — CVD line and per-candle delta under the chart, divergences on both.

• Delta Divergence Panel (DELTA) — floating CVD workbench with its own timeframe, net delta,

  volume profile and divergence banners.

• Supertrend Signals — BUY / SELL, S.BUY / S.SELL, TP marks, ribbon, EMA 200, cloud and trend candles.

• Signal Meter (SIG) — one composite score from Strong Sell to Strong Buy, compact or extended view.

• Order Flow Timeline (AMD) — the order-flow phase of every candle in a strip under the chart.

• Chart Analyst (ANLY) — current signal, nearest zones, plan levels and supporting readings.

• SYS.CORE Session Panel (SESS) — session price / volume / delta graph, order-flow radar,

  intraday signal dial, trend pulse and live price tiles.

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8. HTF FOOTPRINT CANDLE

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• The forming higher-timeframe candle and the one before it, as full footprint candles.

• Timeframes from M1 to D1, any of the footprint styles, volume profile, summary rows, candle stats,

  power trades and absorption bubbles.

• Trade a fast chart while watching how the bigger candle is being built.

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9. LADDER TRADER, MINI CHART, DOM & TIME AND SALES

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• Order-book ladder: bid, ask, sold, bought, delta and volume at each price.

• Live broker market depth when available, with a footprint fallback when it is not.

• Time & Sales tape with flashing new prints.

• Mini price chart (M1 to D1) with MAs, VWAP and bands, S&D, reversal zones, trend signals,

  RSI / MACD divergences, volume profile and power trades, plus MACD and RSI panes.

• Absorption column and a stats footer: net order flow, candle delta, liquidity heat,

  HTF divergence (chart to D1) and ATR / ADX.

• Every column can be shown or hidden.

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10. SUMMARY TABLE & NEWS

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• Summary Table (SUM) — volume, volume change, delta, delta %, cumulative delta, session volume,

  ask, bid and range for every candle; each row can be switched off.

• Classic or Heat view. Zoomed out, Heat becomes a session heatmap that outlines where the most

  volume traded.

• News Panel (FUND) — the day's releases from the built-in MT5 Economic Calendar, colour-coded by

  impact, with actual, forecast and previous. No internet, API key or login needed.

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11. STUDIES, DRAWING & PLANNING

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• Studies (IND) — 3 moving averages, session VWAP and visible-range VWAP with 2SD / 3SD bands and

  fill, Donchian channel, Keltner and Bollinger bands.

• Drawing Tools (DRAW) — trendline, rectangle and ABCD pattern, pinned to time and price.

• Fibonacci (FIB) — up to eight fibs with level switches, fills, and session / zoom golden zones.

• Price Line Alert (ALRT) — drag a line to your level and arm it above or below.

• Trade Manager (TRD) — drag entry, stop and up to two targets; size by % equity, money or fixed lot;

  R lock; money at risk and at target. Planning only, no orders are sent.

• Trail Coach (FLOW) — an adaptive trailing line or band with a coach box for running trades.

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12. ALERTS

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All alert settings in one "=== Alerts ===" group. Each alert has its own pop-up switch and sound file.

• Power trades, absorption bubbles and stacked imbalances — on candle close

• Candle volume threshold

• Positive delta threshold and negative delta threshold, each with its own sound

• Supertrend signals (all, or S.BUY / S.SELL only), even with the layer hidden

• RSI divergence on the chart timeframe, M15, M30, H1, H4 and D1 — one switch each

• Divergence pane and Delta Divergence panel

• SYS.CORE intraday signal change

• Price Line Alert and Trade Manager levels

• Custom .wav sounds; messages also logged in the Experts tab

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13. THEMES & DISPLAY

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• Dark and light panel themes.

• 16 bull / bear colour themes: Classic, Blue / Orange, Cyan / Magenta, Lime / Pink, Gold / Purple,

  Teal / Coral, Sky / Crimson, Mint / Rose, Orange / Dark Grey, Green / Dark Grey, Navy / Slate,

  Navy / Gold, White / Dark Grey, Emerald / White, Cherry / Teal, Olive / Sandy.

• Imbalance colours per footprint style, and full colour control per tool.

• Auto display scaling from 1366x768 to 8K, with a UI size % control.

• Option to hide the MT5 chart under the footprint.

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14. STRATEGY TESTER

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• Replay past markets with the full footprint chart in visual mode: a practice room for order flow.

• Quick Start panel with the main controls.

• Click-and-drag zoom on the price ladder.

• No orders are ever placed, so you can study at any speed.

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REQUIREMENTS

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• MetaTrader 5 desktop terminal for Windows (not MT4).

• Any MT5 broker, demo or live. No trading permissions needed; Algo Trading can stay off.

• Works on all symbols and timeframes. M1 to M15 show the most order-flow detail.

• Broker market depth is optional (Ladder Trader uses it when offered).

• No DLLs, no internet services, no API keys.

• One Expert Advisor per chart: run any trading EA on a second chart.

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• Set the price bucket for your symbol (table above).

• Let the tick history finish loading before judging older candles.

• Use liquid markets: gold, indices, major forex pairs and futures.

• Combine footprint imbalances, absorption and the ladder for confirmation.

• Watch the POC and value area as support and resistance.

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• Regular updates with new features.

• 150-page illustrated User Manual.

• Questions? Send a message before you buy — happy to help.

 * Video tutorials available

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Footprint Chart Pro is an analysis and charting tool. Its charts, panels, signals and readings are

information, not financial advice, and no reading is a guarantee of any outcome. It never places,

modifies or closes orders. Trading leveraged products carries a high risk of loss. Only trade with

money you can afford to lose.

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