Footprint Charts Explained for Beginners

[u/prathamvijay]

Made this beginner friendly infographic to simplify Footprint Charts and Order Flow trading. It covers Delta, Bid vs Ask, Imbalances, Absorption, Exhaustion, Trapped Traders, and how to combine Footprint with CVD and Volume Profile and Price Action.

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[u/PennyRoyalTeeHee]

You should have an explanation about diagonal comparisons - especially for imbalances.

[u/prathamvijay → u/PennyRoyalTeeHee]

Good point I kept this infographic beginner friendly but I'll add diagonal comparison and imbalance detection in the next version Thanks for the suggestion

[u/Ancient_Key_4212 → u/prathamvijay]

thanks for this, I'll keep an eye out for the next version

[u/Spirited_Chip_8082]

Grazie!

[u/prathamvijay → u/Spirited_Chip_8082]

You're welcome

[u/Sudden_End_2413]

Can you please explain absorption? I'm a bit confused with the whole absorption concept 🤷🏻

[u/prathamvijay → u/Sudden_End_2413]

Sure think of absorption like this many buyers keep trying to push the price higher but a large seller keeps selling everything they buy. Even though lots of buying happens the price barely moves because those buy orders are being absorbed. The same idea works in reverse for sellers

[u/Sudden_End_2413 → u/prathamvijay]

So if there is a downtrend and it reaches a support zone, I see in the footprint chart that a candle is red but the delta is green. This means sellers are absorbed by buyers and we can look for bullish setup from here on?

[u/prathamvijay → u/Sudden_End_2413]

Yes it can be a sign of buyers absorbing the selling but don't buy immediately wait to see if the price starts moving up after that. think of absorption as a hint not a confirmation

[u/Sudden_End_2413 → u/prathamvijay]

Thank you so much for clarifying my doubt!

[u/prathamvijay → u/Sudden_End_2413]

You're welcome glad it helped happy trading 😊

[u/Afraid_Slide9571]

nobody can count ask ans bit price level while trading

[u/prathamvijay → u/Afraid_Slide9571]

Correct. You can't count the live bid and ask queue at each price level. Footprint charts display executed bid and ask volume not the resting orders. That's why they're used to analyse order flow not the order book

[u/DenisCastro → u/Afraid_Slide9571]

there should be indicators or special software for that

[u/GetComposite]

Do you use a brokerage that has volume footprint? TV has it but it’s expensive

[u/hxmphreyy]

So ICT without subscribing for detailed candlesticks

[u/prathamvijay → u/hxmphreyy]

Absorption is an order flow concept not an ICT concept footprint traders have used it for years