👣 Footprint Charts Explained: See Inside the Candle Like a Pro 🔍📊
Ever feel like normal candlesticks don’t tell the full story?
Footprint charts give you X-ray vision into real-time buying and selling at each price level! 🔥
Let’s break it down step by step 👇
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✅ What is a Footprint Chart?
A Footprint Chart is an advanced charting tool that shows you how much buying or selling occurred at every price level during a candle.
🟢 Buy volume = market buys
🔴 Sell volume = market sells
You’ll see these numbers inside each candle, helping you understand who’s in control — bulls or bears.
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📘 How to Read a Footprint Chart
Each candle is built like a stack of mini price levels, and at each level, you see something like this:
120 × 80
↑ ↑
Buy Sell
This means:
• 🟢 120 contracts bought at market price
• 🔴 80 contracts sold at market price
This gives you a true view of demand and supply — no more guessing!
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🧠 Why Use Footprint Charts?
1. Spot absorption (when a level is being heavily bought/sold but price isn’t moving 🚧)
2. Identify imbalances (large buy vs small sell → price likely to move up 📈)
3. Find hidden support/resistance based on volume clusters 🔍
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🚨 Example Strategy Using Footprint:
1. Price approaches a support level
2. You see heavy buying volume and weak selling → 📈 Potential bounce
3. Confirmation? Next candle shows imbalance in favor of buyers
4. Entry: Long with stop just below support
Used right, footprint charts let you trade with precision, not emotion.
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🔐 Final Tips:
• Use with other tools like Volume Delta or Open Interest for confluence 🧩
• Avoid relying on it alone — context matters!
• Start on lower leverage and test in real time ⚠️
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Mastering footprint charts = mastering market intent 🎯
You’re not just seeing price… you’re seeing the battle behind the price.
Try it now on platforms like TradingLite or Exocharts 👇
