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Apakah carta volume footprint

Volume footprint adalah alat berkuasa Carta Super yang memvisualkan pengagihan volum dagangan sepanjang berbilang tingkatan harga untuk setiap lilin pada rangka masa tertentu, memberikan pedagang maklumat tambahan untuk membantu mengenalpasti kawasan kecairan tinggi atau aktiviti dagangan ketara.

Secara lalai, jenis carta ini memaparkan pengagihan volum penjual kepada kiri setiap lilin dan volum pembeli di bahagian kanan, dengan warna kecerunan pilihan yang menunjukkan keamatan relatif volum pada setiap tingkatan. Ia meletakkan garis menegak di sebelah pengagihan untuk menyerlahkan kawasan ketidakseimbangan ketara.

Selain daripada itu, ia menunjukkan Value Area (VA) dan Point of Control (POC) setiap bar dan memaparkan delta volum dan maklumat jumlah volum di bawah setiap lilin.

Pengiraan

Sumber data volum

Jenis carta ini mendapatkan semula data volum simbol dari berbilang selang masa intrabar (selang masa lebih rendah dari carta) untuk pengiraan sejarahnya. Selang masa ini menaik secara berterusan kerana data sejarah yang ada semakin berkurangan, bermula dengan selang masa tersedia paling rendah. Dalam kata lain, semakin dalam anda pergi ke sejarah carta, semakin tinggi selang masa intrabar untuk data volum. Footprint untuk lilin terkini carta adalah paling tepat kerana mereka menggunakan maklumat paling jelas dalam pengiraan mereka.

Pesanan di mana carta meminta selang masa intrabar untuk pengiraannya adalah: 1 saat, 1 minit, 15 minit, 60 minit dan 1 hari. Selang masa intrabar tertinggi diminta untuk footprint sejarah bergantung kepada selang masa cartadepends on the chart's interval.

Pengelasan volum

Carta volume footprint mengkategorikan volum sebagai "beli" atau "jual" berdasarkan kepada arah pergerakan harga intrabar.

Ia menggunakan algorithma berikut untuk menentukan kategori untuk setiap nilai volum:

  • Jika harga tutup intrabar melebihi harga bukanya, ia memperuntukkan volum kepada kategori "beli"
  • Jika harga tutup intrabar di bawah harga bukanya, ia memperuntukkan volum kepada kategori "jual"
  • Jika harga tutup bersamaan dengan harga buka:
    • Volum akan tergolong dalam kategori "beli" jika intrabar semasa tutup melebihi harga tutup intrabar sebelumnya 
    • Volum akan tergolong dalam kategori "jual" jika intrabar semasa tutup di bawah harga tutup intrabar sebelumnya
    • Volum akan tergolong dalam kategori yang sama dengan intrabar sebelum jika harga tutup mereka adalah samaf their closing prices are equal

Carta mengumpul volum dikategorikan merentasi selang masa lebih rendah pada tingkatan harga berbeza untuk membina perwakilan footprint.

Pengesanan ketidakimbangan

Satu pasaran yang seimbang terjadi apabila ada keseimbangan antara bekalan dan permintaan, yang selalunya menyebabkan harga stabil secara relatif. Sebaliknya, pasaran tidak seimbang terjadi apabila ada perbezaan ketara antara bekalan dan permintaan, yang selalunya menyebabkan pergerakan harga yang lebih ketara.

Carta volume footprint mengesan ketidakseimbangan belian apabila volum "beli" pada tingkatan harga melebihi volum "jual" pada tingkatan di bawah peratusan ditentukan. Sama juga, ia mengesan ketidakseimbangan jualan apabila volum "jual" pada tingkatan melebihi volum "beli" pada tingkatan di atas peratusan tersebut.

Pengguna boleh mengawal peratusan yang mana volum "beli" hendaklah melebihi volum "jual" atau sebaliknya, untuk mengesan ketidakseimbangan menerusi input "Ketidakseimbangan" dalam tetapan carta. Secara lalai, nilai ini adalah 300% (iaitu volum pada satu bahagian hendaklah tiga kali lebih besar dari bahagian yang lain).

Apabila ia mengesan ketidakseimbangan "beli", carta akan memaparkan garis menegak ke kanan tingkatan harga yang sepadan. Apabila ketidakseimbangan "jual" terjadi, satu garis menegak akan muncul di bahagian kiri tingkatan.

In the given example, a sequential comparison of volumes at different levels is carried out. For each comparison, the assessment determines whether the larger volume of the pair exceeds the specified imbalance threshold, according to the formula: max(buy, sell) ≥ (imbalance percentage / 100) * min(buy, sell).

The initial calculation is as follows: 506.37 ("buy") ≥ (300 / 100) * 166.433 ("sell"). This statement is true, indicating a buy imbalance. Subsequent comparisons follow the same logic: "buy" level 3 is compared with "sell" level 2, and "buy" level 4 with "sell" level 3.

Traders often analyze volume footprints to identify balance and imbalance within the market. 

When a market is balanced, a volume footprint may show evenly distributed trading volume across various price levels, suggesting stability and equilibrium. Conversely, when in an imbalanced state, a volume footprint may reveal clusters of elevated trading activity at specific levels, indicating areas of supply or demand disparity and potential price trends.

Terjemahan

Aliran Pesanan

During the order execution process, market participants engage in a search for price equilibrium that will satisfy both buyers and sellers, thus driving transactions. The directed volume of each transaction determines its contribution to a market's buying or selling pressure.

When supply surpasses demand, downward price movement may occur as the market moves toward more equitable prices for buyers. Conversely, when the demand for an asset exceeds its supply, prices may rise until enough participants are willing to sell.

Analyzing the concentration of buying and selling activity across price levels with the volume footprint chart can provide deeper insight into the dominance of buyers and sellers, the balance or imbalance between supply and demand, and areas of elevated liquidity (i.e., areas with a greater abundance of trading activity). Traders can utilize such insights to gauge market sentiment and identify trading opportunities.

Failed Auction

In Auction Market Theory, a failed auction is a pattern in which the market fails to establish a new price for an instrument, resulting in a return to previous prices. Traders conventionally analyze failed auctions with tools such as "Market Profile," but they can also identify instances of such patterns using footprints.

A failed auction typically occurs when one side of the market, either buyers or sellers, fails to attract enough participation to sustain trading activity at a price level, potentially leading to a rapid price reversal as market participants reassess and adjust their positions. Failed auctions often coincide with heightened volatility, and they can indicate potential key turning points in the market.

Traders and analysts often pay close attention to failed auctions, as they can provide valuable insights into market dynamics and trading opportunities. Identifying failed auction states can help traders identify support and resistance levels and anticipate potential reversal patterns.

The example below demonstrates a case where prices moved successively higher with each bar while buyer volume gradually decreased. On the fourth bar in the image, the imbalance between sellers and buyers reached a point where buyers could not push the price further upward, and the price rebounded downward.

You can interpret this area of imbalance as a possible resistance level. If prices break through this level in the future, it might suggest a growing trend.

Delta Divergence

Delta divergence in volume footprints refers to a discrepancy or disagreement between price movement and volume delta.

Positive delta divergence occurs when prices successively move downward while the volume delta rises, possibly even turning positive. Conversely, negative delta divergence occurs when prices successively rise while the volume delta falls or even becomes negative. These divergence patterns often suggest that, despite the current price action, the underlying buying or selling pressure is diminishing, potentially signaling the weakening or reversal of the current trend.

The example below shows four falling bars, two of which have a positive delta. In other words, those bars exhibit positive delta divergence.

Traders often analyze delta divergence in footprint charts to help them anticipate potential reversals or changes in market direction. However, it's essential to consider other factors and utilize additional tools to help validate divergences and make informed trading decisions.

Excess trades at extreme price levels

In Auction Market Theory, the market price rises until demand is exhausted and falls until supply is exhausted. This exhaustive movement represents a complete auction. On a footprint chart, this situation appears as zero or minimal purchases at the low price level or minimal sales at the high price level.

In some cases, a situation referred to as an incomplete auction may arise, where the difference between buying and selling volume at the high or low levels differs only slightly relative to the differences at previous levels. This condition may indicate that price exploration is incomplete, and there may still be interested market participants above the current highs or below the current lows. In essence, this pattern might indicate that the market price may continue its directional movement beyond the current range until the auction is complete.

Settings

Customization options for the volume footprint chart are available from the chart settings, which you can access from the gear button in the toolbar above the chart.

Candles

The settings in the "Candles" section are identical to those for a regular candlestick chart. From this section, you can configure the appearance of the candlesticks.

Volume footprint

Row Size

Controls how the chart will determine the size of each footprint row (level). There are two options to choose from:

  • The "Auto" option specifies that the chart will calculate the size automatically based on the data's latest normalized Average True Range (ATR) value. It uses the formula: 0.2 * NormalizedATR / MinimumTick. The chart recalculates the size when selecting the "Volume footprint" chart type or changing the symbol or timeframe. When using this option, the input below specifies the length of the ATR calculation
  • The "Manual" option specifies that the chart will utilize the number of ticks specified in the "Ticks per row" input below

ATR Length

Specifies the smoothing length for the Average True Range used to calculate the number of ticks per footprint row when the "Row size" input uses the "Auto" option.

Ticks per Row

Specifies the number of ticks per footprint row when the "Row size" input uses the "Manual" option.

Display

Specifies the display type of the chart. In Cluster mode, all cells have the same width. In Profile mode, the width of each cell is proportional to the trading volume at that level, offering a clearer, more dynamic representation.

Type

Defines the display mode of the footprints on the chart. Four options are available:

  • The "Buy and Sell" option (default) displays seller volume across levels to the left of each candle and buyer volume to the right
  • The "Delta" option will display one column to the right of each bar that shows the volume delta (i.e., the difference between buyer and seller volume) for each level
  • The "Total" option will display one column to the right of each bar that shows the total volume at each price level
  • The "Ladder" option will highlight with color the highest volume at each price level

Apply Gradient to Background

If enabled, the color of the background of each footprint level will differ based on its volume compared to the volume at other levels. The chart uses the following algorithm to calculate the gradient colors:

  1. Determine the maximum and minimum volume
  2. Calculate the volume range, i.e., the difference between the maximum and minimum volume value
  3. Subtract the minimum volume from the current level's volume
  4. Calculate the ratio of the value obtained in step 3 to the volume range obtained in step 2
  5. Use the ratio from step 4 to select a color from the available options:
    • Select the first color if the ratio is less than 0.25
    • Select the second color if the ratio is greater than or equal to 0.25 and less than 0.5
    • Select the third color if the ratio is greater than or equal to 0.5 and less than 0.75
    • Select the fourth color if the ratio is greater than or equal to 0.75
  6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 for each price level

When the footprint type is "Buy and sell" or "Delta," the chart calculates the gradients for the buy and sell sides separately.

Background

These inputs specify the background colors used by the footprint levels. Users can choose separate colors for buy and sell sides when the footprint type is "Buy and sell" or "Delta".

If the "Apply gradient to background" option is enabled, a four-color gradient will be available for each color option. The chart will select colors for each level using the algorithm described in the previous section.

Value Area

Enables Value Area (VA) lines and specifies the VA percentage. The Value Area High (VAH) line will appear above all levels included in the Value Area, and the Value Area Low (VAL) line will appear below all levels in the Value Area. The volume footprint chart's Value Area algorithm is similar to the algorithm used by our Volume Profile indicators.

Labels

POC

Determines whether the chart will display each footprint's Point of Control (POC).

Show Summary Info

Determines whether each footprint will display information about the bar's total volume, the total buy and sell volume, and the overall volume delta.

Imbalance

Specifies the percentage by which buyer volume must exceed seller volume, or vice versa, to detect a significant imbalance. See the "Imbalance detection" section above to learn how the volume footprint chart detects imbalances.

Penyerlahan

Determines whether the chart will highlight imbalanced price levels and specifies the colors. When imbalance highlights are enabled, the chart places colored vertical lines to the sides of significantly imbalanced levels. The chart displays buy imbalance markers to the right of the levels and sell imbalance markers to the left.

Stacked Levels

Controls whether to display stacked imbalances and the number of required consecutive levels with an imbalance on the same side to detect a stacked imbalance. When enabled, the chart projects stacked imbalances until subsequent prices intersect the levels.

Kesimpulan volume footprint

A volume footprint chart is a powerful trading tool that displays the distribution of buying and selling volume at each price level within individual candles on your chart. Unlike traditional charts that only show price movement, volume footprints reveal the underlying battle between buyers and sellers by categorizing volume based on whether prices moved up or down during smaller timeframes. The chart displays seller volume on the left side of each candle and buyer volume on the right, with gradient colors and vertical lines highlighting areas of significant imbalance where one side overwhelmingly dominates the other.

This detailed volume analysis helps traders identify key market dynamics such as failed auctions, delta divergence, and areas of high liquidity that traditional price charts miss. By examining where the most trading activity occurs (Point of Control) and detecting imbalances between supply and demand, traders can better understand market sentiment, spot potential support and resistance levels, and anticipate price reversals or continuations. The footprint essentially transforms volume data into a visual roadmap of market behavior, making it easier to time entries and exits based on actual trading activity rather than just price movement alone.

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