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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 AbsorptionbooltrueMark buyers absorbed by hidden sellers.
  • Show Ask AbsorptionbooltrueMark sellers absorbed by hidden buyers.
  • Alert on EventbooltrueFire NT8 alert when absorption triggers.

§ Changelog

Every change, public.

  1. v1.4.02026-03-11
    • Cluster radius now configurable — useful for thicker instruments like GC.
    • Replay fidelity improved for events near session boundary.
  2. v1.3.02026-01-28
    • Separated bid and ask absorption styling.
    • Alert wired to OnAbsorption event.