The heatmap = resting orders. Bright bands = lots of orders parked at that price (a wall). Dark = thin. A bright band that stays put is a real wall; one that vanishes as price nears it was fake (a spoof) — ignore it.
The bubbles = actual trades hitting the market. Green = aggressive buyers, red = sellers; bigger bubble = more money.
Now watch what happens when price reaches a bright band:
- HOLDS — band stays bright, price bounces away → the level worked (support/resistance).
- ABSORBS — trades pile into the band, it stays bright, price stalls → someone's soaking up the aggression → price often reverses.
- BREAKS — band goes dark and price punches through → the wall's gone, the move continues.
🧊 ICEBERG is the sneaky cousin of absorption: the book shows almost nothing at a price, yet orders keep filling there — someone is hiding their size and refilling quietly. Absorption = a visible wall defending; iceberg = an invisible one.
Delta = aggressive buying minus aggressive selling. CVD adds it up through the session: each CVD candle's wick shows how far a push went inside that candle — a long wick that came back means that push was absorbed. ◆ marks a candle that closed against its own delta; dashed lines mark price and CVD disagreeing at two swings. In Profile, click Delta to see who pushed at each price — blue to the right = buyers, orange to the left = sellers.
Shortcuts: press C for heatmap settings and B for bubble settings.
Quick rules: support absorbing = bullish · resistance absorbing = bearish · a wall that disappears right before price arrives = fake.
None of this is a guarantee — order flow is reading the odds, like every pro tool. Use Replay to rewind any move and watch the walls that caused it.
Get pinged (sound + banner) when price crosses a level, or when a whale-sized order prints.