--- title: "Free Footprint Charts from Real Trades (2026): Vela vs TradingView | LuxAlgo" description: "Footprint charts on Vela by LuxAlgo are free on every plan, built from real trades, with Orderflow lookback that scales by plan. Where TradingView offers volume footprint, plan by plan." canonical: https://www.luxalgo.com/compare/tradingview/footprint-chart/ --- # Free Footprint Charts from Real Trades (2026): Vela vs TradingView | LuxAlgo > Footprint charts on Vela by LuxAlgo are free on every plan, built from real trades, with Orderflow lookback that scales by plan. Where TradingView offers volume footprint, plan by plan. ## Footprint charts free, built from real trades. Vela runs footprint charts on every plan, Free included, built from real bid and ask prints, where TradingView keeps its volume footprint for Premium and Ultimate. **Quick answer.** Footprint charts are free on Vela: the Orderflow suite runs on every plan, including Free, built from real trades. What scales with your plan is Orderflow lookback: 1 day on Free, 30 days on Essential, 90 days on Premium, 1 year on Ultimate, and full history on AI Ultra. On TradingView, volume footprint comes with Premium and Ultimate, the top two of its four paid plans. Facts checked November 3, 2026. Open Vela: https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart · Switch from TradingView: https://www.luxalgo.com/switch/ ## Footprint charts, plan by plan ### Footprint charts - **Vela**, free plan first: Free Included (1 day lookback) · Essential Included (30 days lookback) · Premium Included (90 days lookback) · Ultimate Included (1 year lookback) · AI Ultra Included (Full history lookback) - **TradingView**, free plan first: Basic Not included · Essential Not included · Plus Not included · Premium Included · Ultimate Included Vela: the second line is Orderflow lookback, how far back the trades behind every footprint reach. TradingView: its “Orderflow: Volume footprint” row. ## Where TradingView is ahead - TradingView charts 150+ exchanges from 50+ countries. Vela’s orderflow runs where real trade data exists: crypto, US stocks and ETFs, and CME futures. Live CME futures data comes with every paid plan. - TradingView adds volume candles on Premium and Ultimate, and second and tick history on its top plans. ## How to do it in Vela 1. **Open Vela.** Sign in with a free account. The full Orderflow suite is on every plan. 2. **Pick a market with real trades.** A crypto pair or a US stock or ETF on Free; CME futures on any paid plan, on live, licensed CME Group data. 3. **Switch the chart to Footprint.** Change the chart style to Footprint for per-bar bid and ask profiles with imbalances, or add Footprint from Indicators, Orderflow as an overlay on your candles. ## Questions Q: Are footprint charts free on TradingView? A: On Vela, yes: footprint charts are on every plan, Free included, built from real trades, with 1 day of Orderflow lookback on Free. On TradingView, checked November 3, 2026, volume footprint comes with its Premium and Ultimate plans and not with Basic, Essential or Plus. Q: What does Orderflow lookback mean? A: How far back the trades and quotes behind every footprint, delta and profile reach on your charts: 1 day on Free, 30 days on Essential, 90 days on Premium, 1 year on Ultimate, and full history on AI Ultra. The tools themselves are the same full suite on every plan. Q: Which markets have footprint charts on Vela? A: Crypto, US stocks and ETFs, and CME futures, where real trade data exists. Futures orderflow runs on licensed, real-time CME Group data with 16 years of history, included in every paid plan at no extra cost. Q: What else is in the Orderflow suite? A: TPO charts, volume delta and cumulative volume delta, session, rolling and visible-range volume profiles, volume tails, trade counts, Bar Stats, volume bubbles and VWAP, all on every plan, including Free. ## More TradingView limits, answered - [Free plan limits](https://www.luxalgo.com/compare/tradingview/free-plan-limits/): Vela Free against TradingView Basic, limit by limit. - [Indicator limit](https://www.luxalgo.com/compare/tradingview/indicator-limit/): No cap on the indicators and strategies one chart runs. - [Alerts limit](https://www.luxalgo.com/compare/tradingview/alerts-limit/): Unlimited Price Alerts that run until you end them. - [Volume profile and TPO](https://www.luxalgo.com/compare/tradingview/volume-profile-tpo/): Session, rolling and visible-range profiles, and TPO, on Free. - [Multiple charts](https://www.luxalgo.com/compare/tradingview/multiple-charts/): 16 charts in one tab, linked, on every plan. - [Bar replay](https://www.luxalgo.com/compare/tradingview/bar-replay/): Replay minute charts and trade them, on every plan. - [Vela vs TradingView, row by row](https://www.luxalgo.com/compare/tradingview/) - [Switch from TradingView](https://www.luxalgo.com/switch/) ## Sources - Vela, checked November 3, 2026: [Orderflow](https://www.luxalgo.com/features/orderflow/) - Vela, checked November 3, 2026: [Docs: Order flow](https://docs.luxalgo.com/platform/charts/order-flow/introduction) - Vela, checked November 3, 2026: [Plans and limits](https://www.luxalgo.com/pricing/) - TradingView, checked November 3, 2026: [Pricing and plan comparison](https://www.tradingview.com/pricing/) ## The easiest charts you’ll ever switch to. 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