# Volume Footprint Volume Footprint is an indicator on [Vela](https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart), our next-generation charting platform, written in Pine Script®. Volume Footprint splits each new candle that forms while the chart is open into equal price intervals and stacks the tick-estimated volume traded in each, turning single bars into intrabar volume profiles. Gradient or trend-colored displays show exactly where inside a candle business was done, giving lower-timeframe traders the levels that mattered within each bar. - Indicator in the LuxAlgo Library, by LuxAlgo, published Jan 24, 2022. - Access: free. - Concepts: [Footprint Concepts](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/footprint-concepts/) (primary), [Volume Delta](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/volume-delta/), [Delta Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/delta-profile/) - Open on Vela: https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart?pineScriptCodeId=cmpwn72ku009zvhsgrcifz933 - Page: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-footprint/ **Volume Footprint** estimates a per-candle [footprint](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/footprint-concepts/) from tick data. Each bar is divided into equidistant price intervals (sized by an average true range or a width you define), and the volume transacted in every interval is stacked alongside the candle. The result behaves like an intrabar volume profile, exposing the price levels where activity concentrated inside each individual bar. ## How to Trade the Volume Footprint? - **Heavy intervals**: the levels where the most contracts changed hands, the bar's areas of market interest and the anchor points for reading it. - **Gradient display**: darker cells carry relatively more volume, adding depth of activity at a glance. - **Trend coloring**: boxes tinted by the candle's bullish or bearish direction keep sentiment context attached to the distribution. - **As Percentage**: reads each interval as a share of the candle's total volume, making footprints directly comparable across bars. Footprints are computed as new bars form, and changing the settings resets previously calculated ones, behavior that makes the tool most at home on lower timeframes, where fresh bars arrive steadily and intrabar detail matters most. ## Volume Footprint Settings - **Interval Size Method** (default Atr): how interval width is derived, either an average true range (Atr) or a user-specified width (Manual). - **Value beside Interval Size Method** (unlabeled, default 14): the ATR period or the custom width, depending on the method; this drives how many intervals each candle contains. - **As Percentage** (default off): displays accumulated interval volume as a percentage of candle volume. - **Display Type**: how the footprint is drawn, as trend-colored boxes, a volume gradient, or uniform boxes with directional side lines. - **Trend Color**: the bullish and bearish colors applied to the display. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Why did my footprints reset after changing settings? Altering the configuration resets previously computed footprints; they rebuild as new bars form. Settle on Method and Width before a session rather than mid-read, and the distributions will accumulate undisturbed. ### When would I use Volume Delta Candles instead? When you want the buy/sell balance summarized as a single read per bar rather than a full interval-by-interval ladder, [Volume Delta Candles](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-delta-candles/) paints exactly that inside the candle body. ### How can I access the Volume Footprint? It is free to use from the LuxAlgo Library, and Quant, our coding agent, can load and test it directly from this page. You can also copy the source code from this page and run it anywhere Pine Script® runs. ## Related indicators - [Volume Delta Candles](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-delta-candles/) (Volume Delta): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-delta-candles.md - [Volume Delta Methods (Chart)](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-delta-methods-chart/) (Volume Delta): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-delta-methods-chart.md - [Delta Flow Profile](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/delta-flow-profile/) (Delta Profile): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/delta-flow-profile.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 Structure & Order Flow](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/liquidity-structure-order-flow/) (Volume Delta): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/liquidity-structure-order-flow.md - [Order Flow VWAP Deviation](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/order-flow-vwap-deviation/) (Volume Delta): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/order-flow-vwap-deviation.md - [Volumetric Order Flow Structure](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volumetric-order-flow-structure/) (Volume Delta): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volumetric-order-flow-structure.md - [Volume Bubbles & Liquidity Heatmap](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-bubbles-liquidity-heatmap/) (Resting Liquidity / Liquidity Heatmap): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-bubbles-liquidity-heatmap.md --- Source: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/volume-footprint/ (LuxAlgo Library). Free to use with attribution: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/license/