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ChartsPod Footprint Dominance View: Settings to Check Before Your First Analysis

A dominance view colours each footprint row by which side traded more there. It summarises bid×ask quickly and hides how close the contest was.

By ChartsPod Editorial Team · Reviewed by ChartsPod Research
Published · Updated · 5 min read

Short answer

A dominance-style footprint colours or labels each price row by whichever side dominated (more volume on the ask = buyers, on the bid = sellers), often with intensity by the share of the dominant side. Before relying on it, check the threshold used to call a side dominant, whether totals are visible, the row size and the venue. A row with 51% vs 49% and one with 90% vs 10% can look similar if the threshold is low.

What it shows

ElementMeaning
Row colourDominant side
IntensityDominant share (if shown)
ThresholdShare needed to call dominance
TotalsOften hidden; check
Illustrative dominant-side share in three rows (%)Illustrative dominant-side share in three rows (%): Row A 51 %; Row B 68 %; Row C 90 %.ILLUSTRATIVE DOMINANT-SIDE SHARE IN THREE ROWS (%)Row A51 %Row B68 %Row C90 %
Same colour can hide very different contests. Original ChartsPod editorial graphic.

Settings to check

Footprint Dominance checksFootprint Dominance checks: Dominance threshold; Totals visible or available; Row size; Venue and contract; Colour scale; Live candle unfinished.FOOTPRINT DOMINANCE CHECKSDominance thresholdTotals visible or availableRow sizeVenue and contractColour scaleLive candle unfinished
Record these footprint dominance settings with any screenshot. Original ChartsPod editorial graphic.

Worked example

Illustrative: three rows all coloured 'buyers'. Row A: 51 vs 49 BTC; row C: 45 vs 5 BTC. Only row C is a strong buying row. Showing totals or using a higher threshold separates them.

Related: ChartsPod Footprint Delta View: Settings to Check Before Your First Analysis, ChartsPod Footprint Bid-Ask View: Settings to Check Before Your First Analysis.

Open the footprint on a perpetual and apply these checks.

Open the live chart in ChartsPod

A dominance-style footprint colours or labels each price row by whichever side dominated (more volume on the ask = buyers, on the bid = sellers), often with intensity by the share of the dominant side.

See Footprint Dominance View on live data in the free ChartsPod terminal.

Open the ChartsPod terminal

Questions readers ask

What is a dominance view?

Rows coloured by whichever side traded more.

What does it hide?

How close the contest was and total activity.

What threshold to use?

One that separates meaningful dominance; fix it.

Sources and methodology

ChartsPod lists footprint and cumulative delta among its order-flow tools (public pages, 17 October 2026). Its public documentation does not enumerate individual footprint view modes or settings, so this guide describes what each concept means and what to check in the terminal; control names may differ. Examples are illustrative.

  1. ChartsPod: product overview, pricing and FAQ — free terminal, venues, modules, no order placement; checked 17 Oct 2026.
  2. TradingView: Volume footprint charts, a complete guide — intrabar method, row size, imbalance, repainting.

This article explains research tools and workflows. It is not financial advice, does not recommend buying or selling any asset and does not predict prices. Crypto derivatives carry a risk of rapid and total loss of margin.

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