Trade Imbalance Gauge (Rolling Window)
The purpose of the tool is to provide a quick and visual display of the trade flow imbalance. In other words, it gives an easy to see monitor sho
Feature Summary
Delta calculation windows based on seconds, number of trades or number of bars
Supports multiple lookback periods in a single widget
Displays buying volume and selling volume as meters
Displays buying vs. selling pressure as ratio or delta
Widget is resizable and can be on chart or detachable as a separate window
Supports visual settings to control colors, line widths, font size and show/hide
Basic Terminology
Buying - buyers, buying, buying pressure all refer to trades executed at the ask. In Sierra Chart this is AskVolume
Selling - sellers, selling, selling pressure all refer to trades executed at the bid. In Sierra Chart this is BidVolume
Delta - represents the amount of buying vs. the amount of selling in the market that is happening in the market. The meaure is taken over some time period.
Balance, imbalance and dominance - delta is a measure of the dominance between the buyers and sellers. In a perfectly balanced market, delta will be 0. It basically means that neither the buyers or sellers are in control. When delta grows either way it gives an indication of imbalance.
Setting the Gauge Lookback Periods
The study supports multiple lookback periods in a single widget.
The study includes a setting “Gauge List” where you can enter a comma separated list of lookback periods.
Supports up to 5 values which gives up to 5 gauges in one window.
You can define the lookback in seconds, number of trades or the number of bars.
Seconds - for example 60s would give the buying volume, selling volume and delta within the last 60 seconds
Trades - for example 60t would give the buying volume, selling volume and delta within the last 60 trades
Bars - for example 3b would give the buying volume, selling volume and delta within the last 3 bars. The bar count starts from the current live bar. So a value of 3 means the current bar and two bars back
Example
60s, 90s, 600s - creates 3 gauges, 60 seconds, 90 seconds and 600 seconds
Right Click Menu
Right click the chart to open Sierra Chart’s context menu.
3 items related to the Trade Delta Gauge are available.
These items are prefixed with TDG:
Reset Window Position - in case you lose the window, use the “Reset Window Position” menu to bring the gauge back to the top left of the chart
Attach / Detach - detach the widget from the chart
Always on top - when detached, makes sure the widget is always the top most window
Visual Settings
Gauge Width - control the width of each gauge - enter a list of %'s or leave empty if you just want them to all be the same. For example in the image above, we have 3 gauges set to 25,25 and 50
Save Gauge Size and Position When Closing Chart - when enabled, the widget position is saved when closing the chartbook
Orientation - the gauge can be oriented in 4 different ways. Choose the one that makes most sense to you.
Period Text Enabled - enable/disable the period text at the top of the gauge (removes the title bar a the top)
Period Text Color
Meters - Buying Pressure Color, Meters - Selling Pressure Color
Gauge Text - Buying Color
Gauge Text - Selling Color
Gauge Text - Show Percent
Gauge Text - Show Volume
Gauge Text - Bold
Buying/Selling Text
Buying/Selling Text - Display Value
Buying/Selling Text - Buying Color
Buying/Selling Text - Selling Color
Buying/Selling Text - Bold
Mid Line
Mid Line Enabled, Mid Line Color, Mid Line Width Mid Line Style
Border Lines and Padding Between the Gauges
Padding - Control the amount of spacing between gauges
Border Line Color, Border Line Width