Orderflow · 08/10Live · v1.4.0
Absorption. Where big players defend.
Detects absorption — heavy volume traded at a price without corresponding movement. The footprint of institutional defense. Plots markers where large orders are quietly absorbed by the other side of the tape.
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§ Who it’s for
Built for traders who need a decision, not noise.
- Orderflow traders identifying where institutions are defending a level
- Day traders timing entries on absorption confirmation near key prices
- Reversal traders looking for exhaustion signals
§ Features
What’s in the box.
- Configurable absorption threshold (volume × time-at-price)
- Ask absorption (sellers absorbed by hidden bid) and bid absorption (buyers absorbed by hidden ask), marked separately
- Level clustering — multiple absorptions at the same price merge into an S/R zone
- Live alert on absorption event
- Historical replay accuracy — events render consistently across modes
- Strategy-consumable: OnAbsorption event fires with Price, Volume, Side
§ Parameters
Every setting, documented.
ParameterTypeDefaultRangeDescription
- Min Absorbed Volumeint50050–5000Minimum volume at a single price to qualify as absorption.
- Min Time At Priceint31–20Seconds spent at the price for it to count.
- Cluster Radiusint20–10Ticks within which absorption events merge into a zone.
- Show Bid Absorptionbooltrue—Mark buyers absorbed by hidden sellers.
- Show Ask Absorptionbooltrue—Mark sellers absorbed by hidden buyers.
- Alert on Eventbooltrue—Fire NT8 alert when absorption triggers.
§ Changelog
Every change, public.
- v1.4.02026-03-11
- Cluster radius now configurable — useful for thicker instruments like GC.
- Replay fidelity improved for events near session boundary.
- v1.3.02026-01-28
- Separated bid and ask absorption styling.
- Alert wired to OnAbsorption event.