New in version 1.1.0 · the Bid × Ask footprint
Footprint and order flow chart for NinjaTrader 8Candles show where price went.
The footprint shows who pushed it.
In short: DC OrderFlow Chart opens every bar: the volume sold at the bid and bought at the ask on each row (4 ticks by default), the POC boxed, imbalances marked, large orders circled. Zoom out and you are back to calm candles with a POC line. One indicator, one payment of $499.
NinjaTrader 8 · Order Flow+ data · lifetime licence on 3 machines · version 1.1.0 included
On recorded sessions
DC OrderFlow Chart on recorded NQ sessions
Moments from recorded NQ 12-26 trades, drawn by DC OrderFlow Chart's own rules in a NinjaTrader 8 chart window. Click a picture to see it full size.
Re-drawn from recorded NQ 12-26 trades on selected sessions — illustrations, not trading results.
The problem
What does a candle not tell you?
Who did the work. The same green candle can be buyers lifting the ask all the way up, or sellers hitting the bid hard at the low and getting absorbed. Open, high, low and close look identical. The volume at each price, split into bid and ask, is where the two stories separate.
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How it works
What happens when you zoom in?
The chart follows you. Zoomed out, every bar is a calm candle with a gold line on its point of control. Widen the bars and a compact profile appears; widen them further and the full footprint opens, with the volume, delta and CVD table underneath. Nothing to switch, nothing to reload.
8- Inside the candle Every row is 1.5 points of the bar: contracts sold at the bid on the left, bought at the ask on the right. The bar behind the figures is the row's total, coloured by the side that traded more, and the outlined row is the bar's heaviest.
- Absorbed sell bubbles Σ175: two bursts of selling at the bid at 30740.00, each a run of sells at that one price with no gap over 250 ms that reached 30 contracts, summed into one bubble. The 15:20 bar closed at 30762.00, above every one of its sell bubbles, so each is drawn with the thick absorbed ring.
- Imbalances in gold A gold ask figure is at least three times the bid one row lower, with 20 contracts or more; a gold bid figure is the mirror. The 15:20 bar printed seven of them on the ask side as it rose.
- Volume, delta, CVD Under every bar: its contracts, its delta (bought at the ask minus sold at the bid) and the running total since the session opened. The 15:20 bar: 4,783 contracts and delta −463; it opened at 30726.75 and closed at 30762.00.
- The bars after From 15:25 to the 15:45 close no trade printed at or below 30740.00, the price of the Σ175 bubble; the lowest was 30745.25.
Candles with each bar’s POC at one-tick precision. The context, without the noise.
A compact profile: the shape of the volume by price, without figures.
Bid × Ask figures where they fit, the POC boxed, imbalances marked, the table under the bars.
Want the exact numbers without zooming? The Lens opens one bar in its own window: bid and ask at every price, the POC row marked, volume and delta at the top. The View button in the chart toolbar fixes any of the three views when you prefer one.
What you get
What is inside DC OrderFlow Chart?
Everything you read in a footprint, in one indicator that stays easy on the eye: figures appear only where they fit, the colours follow your chart background, your fills stay visible on top, and every setting explains itself in the settings window.
Bid × Ask footprint, four styles
HybridVolume, BuySell, Cells or Delta. The same figures and calculations in all four — pick the read that suits your eye.
Imbalances that become zones
Measured diagonally, the way NinjaTrader’s own volumetric bars do it. Three stacked rows become a zone, drawn until a closed bar trades through it.
Large orders, circled
Prints at one price and side within 250 ms count as one order. A thick ring marks the ones the bar closed against: absorbed.
Volume, delta and CVD under the bars
The table opens with the footprint, and the cumulative delta restarts each trading day, not at midnight.
Your chart, your fills
The default palette follows your chart background, and NinjaTrader’s execution markers stay on top of the footprint.
Updates included, for life. Version 1.1.0 is free for every 1.0 owner: download it from the portal, and the licence, settings and templates stay.
Why traders open the footprint
A level tells you where the fight happened. The footprint shows you how it went.
Aggression that moved price, aggression that was absorbed, imbalances that stacked into zones. It reports what the order flow did; the decision stays yours.
Key facts
| Platform | NinjaTrader 8, Windows |
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| Version | 1.1.0 — included in every licence |
| Order Flow+ required | Yes — all but the candles and big-trade bubbles need its volumetric bid/ask data |
| Tick Replay | Only for big-trade bubbles on bars loaded before the indicator started |
| Charts | Minute, Second, Tick, Volume and Range charts, or Volumetric charts directly |
| Views | Candles with a POC line · compact profile · full footprint |
| Classic profiles | The five profile modes of version 1.0 are still there |
| Price | $499 one-time, lifetime updates, 3 machines |
Order Flow+ is included free with a NinjaTrader Lifetime licence and with most funded prop firm accounts, so a large share of traders already have it without realising. Standalone it is roughly $59 a month. Add CME real-time data at about $4 to $12 a month depending on how many exchanges you need. We receive none of that — it is stated here so nothing is a surprise later.
Start with the free one
DC POC Candle draws a single line: the price that traded the most volume inside each bar. This indicator draws the same kind of line on its candles when you zoom out, and the whole footprint behind it when you zoom in. Run the free line first; upgrade when you want to see who was aggressive.
DC OrderFlow Chart — $499
One payment, licensed for life, updates included — three machines, per person. Delivered the moment you pay: a portal account and a licence key. Stripe is the seller of record and the price shown is the total. Fourteen days to change your mind, no reason needed — you are not asked to waive that right.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to change my chart to a volumetric bar type?
No. On a Minute, Second, Tick, Volume or Range chart the indicator adds a matching volumetric series internally and reads from that, so your chart stays as you have it. If you already run Order Flow Volumetric bars, it uses them directly.
How do I open the footprint?
Widen the bar spacing: the footprint opens once bars are about 30 pixels apart. Or choose Footprint from the View button to fix that view. The footprint reads Order Flow+ data, so Order Flow+ needs to be active on the NinjaTrader account.
How do I see big-trade bubbles on older bars?
Switch on Tick Replay in the chart’s Data Series window and reload. Big trades are collected print by print as they arrive, and Tick Replay replays those prints for the bars that were already on the chart when the indicator loaded. The footprint, the imbalances and the table work without it.
Will it slow my chart down?
It gives you the controls to keep it light: a cap on the bars kept in memory, figures drawn only where they fit, and a Text mode of Never for the busiest charts. Loading fewer days helps most of all.
Is this the same as NinjaTrader’s Order Flow+ volumetric bars?
No. Order Flow+ provides the data and NinjaTrader’s own volumetric bar type; this indicator reads the same data on your normal chart and adds the views that follow your zoom, imbalance zones that persist until broken, the volume / delta / CVD table, the Lens and the integrated big trades.
I own version 1.0. What changes for me?
Nothing to pay. Download 1.1.0 from your portal, remove the old assembly in NinjaTrader and import the new zip. Licence, settings and templates stay, and a 1.0 chart keeps its profile mode.
Can I buy it today?
Yes. Checkout is open and delivery is immediate — a portal account and a licence key the moment you pay, good for three machines. Stripe is the seller of record, the price shown includes any VAT due, and you have 14 days to change your mind, no reason needed.
Last updated 22 October 2026 · DC OrderFlow Chart 1.1.0
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