# Delta Flow Profile

Delta Flow Profile is an indicator on [Vela](https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart), our next-generation charting platform, written in Pine Script®.

A dual profile that stacks money flow and volume delta by price level: one histogram shows where trading activity concentrated, the other which side controlled each price. A normalized view benchmarks every row against peak money flow and a Level of Significance line tracks the heaviest zone. Order-flow context for support and resistance.

- Indicator in the LuxAlgo Library, by LuxAlgo, published Aug 13, 2024.
- Access: free.
- Concepts: [Delta Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/delta-profile/) (primary), [Volume Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/volume-profile/), [Volume Delta](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/volume-delta/)
- Open on Vela: https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart?pineScriptCodeId=cmpwn16ig001kvhsgiis5zpa9
- Page: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/delta-flow-profile/

The **Delta Flow Profile** answers two questions at every price level: how much business was done there, and who was in charge while it happened. The sentiment half is a [delta profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/delta-profile/), net buying versus selling pressure per row, while the Money Flow Profile half accumulates total activity, with an optional normalized display scoring each row as a percentage of the peak level (100% marks the heaviest money flow). Together they reveal the prices where markets genuinely transacted and the side that dominated.

## How to Trade the Delta Flow Profile?

- **High money-flow rows**: zones of concentrated activity often act as support or resistance, natural benchmarks for future tests.
- **Delta dominance**: rows with a pronounced [volume delta](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/volume-delta/) imbalance show which side controlled that price; on a revisit, the dominant side may reinforce its orders there, pressing price in the prevailing direction.
- **Level of Significance**: follow the heaviest zone as a Developing line, a single Level, or a full Row: the reference market participants are most likely to defend or target.

Profiles compute over a set number of bars counted back from the latest bar (Lookback Length / Fixed Range, default 360), so you can widen or narrow the window to suit your strategy.

## Delta Flow Profile Settings

- **Money Flow Profile / Normalized / Delta Profile**: toggle each histogram, including the percentage-normalized comparison view.
- **Polarity Method**: Bar Polarity infers delta from candle sentiment; Bar Buying/Selling Pressure uses high/low data for higher precision.
- **Level of Significance**: show or hide the significant level and choose its display method.
- **Lookback Length / Fixed Range**: the analysis window.
- **Number of Rows**: histogram resolution for each profile.
- **Display**: profile width percentage, horizontal offset, text and currency labels, and price-level visibility.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How does it differ from the Money Flow Profile?

The standalone [Money Flow Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/money-flow-profile/) concentrates on where activity accumulated. Delta Flow Profile welds that view to a per-row sentiment readout, so volume and its direction are read together in a single pane.

### Which polarity method should I use?

Bar Polarity is the simple candle-direction approach and a sensible starting point. Switch to Bar Buying/Selling Pressure when you want the delta estimated with finer high/low precision. Both feed the same Delta Profile rows.

### How do I access the Delta Flow Profile?

There's no charge. The LuxAlgo Library hosts it free. Quant, our coding agent, can run or backtest it straight from this page. You can also copy the source code from this page and run it anywhere Pine Script® runs.

## Related indicators

- [Volume Footprint](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-footprint/) (Delta Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-footprint.md
- [Liquidity Delta Profiler](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/liquidity-delta-profiler/) (Delta Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/liquidity-delta-profiler.md
- [Liquidity Sentiment Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/liquidity-sentiment-profile/) (Delta Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/liquidity-sentiment-profile.md
- [Range Sentiment Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/range-sentiment-profile/) (Delta Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/range-sentiment-profile.md
- [Money Flow Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/money-flow-profile/) (Delta Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/money-flow-profile.md
- [Liquidity Sentiment Profile (Auto-Anchored)](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/liquidity-sentiment-profile-auto-anchored/) (Delta Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/liquidity-sentiment-profile-auto-anchored.md
- [Volume Profile (Maps)](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-profile-maps/) (Volume Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-profile-maps.md
- [Volume Profile Matrix](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-profile-matrix/) (Volume Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-profile-matrix.md

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Source: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/delta-flow-profile/ (LuxAlgo Library). Free to use with attribution: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/license/