Order flow
What is a Footprint Chart (Order Flow / Bid-Ask Volume Profile) and what unique intraday information does it visualize?
By Easy Money Scanner · Educational reference · Not investment advice
The short answer
A Footprint chart overlays bid and ask volume traded at each price within a candle, revealing where buyers or sellers were aggressive inside that bar.
How it works
It breaks each candle into price levels with executed buy vs sell volume, helping identify absorption, imbalance, and exhaustion not visible on standard OHLC bars.
An example
Footprint shows 300 asks hit at 5002.25.
Risk & limitations
Interpretation is subjective and third-party platform data; no guaranteed edge.
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