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# Select '''Volume Delta''' from the '''Chart Type''' list.
There are 2 base colors: red and green. A box is green if delta of ask and bid volume is positive. A box is red if delta of ask and bid is negative. All boxes within 1 bar are not the same in terms of color. The darker a red box is, the lower is its delta value. The darker a green box is, the higher is its delta value. All boxes between these extremes are colored respectively.
===Selecting Volume Delta Chart TypeOption ===
# Open the '''Format Instrument''' window by one of the following methods:
#:* Click the '''New Chart Window''' [[File:New_Chart.png]] icon on the Main toolbar; or:
# Select a symbol from the list of available symbols in '''All Symbols''' tab, or use the '''Category''' tabs to show only a particular category of symbols; the list can be sorted by any column, in ascending or descending order, by clicking on the column header. If you can’t find a symbol, see [[Operating Symbol List#Adding Symbol(s) to Symbol List|Adding Symbol(s) to Symbol List]] section.
# Select the '''Settings''' tab.
# Select the '''Resolution''' your chart will be based on. It allows you to choose which type of data (for more details see [[Tick, Minute and Daily Data]]) and what detailed resolution will be used for building the bars.
<div style="background-color: # E3FBE5;">'''Note''' that there’s a '''restriction''' for the resolution of charts that use Volume Delta option:* For '''Regular''' charts — tick and minute resolutions are available.* For '''non-regular''' charts — only 1-tick resolution. </div>:7. Enable '''Show Delta''' section and choose '''Volume Delta''' from the '''Delta Type''' dropdown list.:8. Select '''Breakdown by''':#* '''Up Ticks vs Down Ticks''' method:#** If the current tick price is higher than the previous tick price, the volume of the current tick goes to BUY volume. #** If the current tick price is lower than the previous tick price, the volume of the current tick goes to SELL volume.#** If the current tick price is the same as the previous tick price, the volume is recorded either to BUY or to SELL volume depending on what was the last recorded volume.<br><div style="background-color: #E5F6FF;">'''Example''': If a new tick comes with higher than previous price and volume is recorded as BUY volume, and then another tick comes with the same as previous price, the volume is recorded also to BUY volume.</div>#** If a tick is first one in the series, its volume goes to BUY volume.#: <div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note''': When you plot Volume Delta chart, take into account that it doesn't matter what resolution is selected, additionally MultiCharts will request '''historical tick trade''' data from your data source for the specified in chart settings data range, if '''Up Ticks vs Down Ticks''' is selected. </div>#* '''Ask Traded vs Bid Traded''' method:#** If the current tick price is higher or equals current ASK tick price, the volume of the current tick goes to BUY volume.#** If the current tick price is lower or equals current BID tick price, the volume of the current tick goes to SELL volume.#** If the current tick price is between ASK and BID prices, than the volume is recorded either to BUY or to SELL volume depending on what was the last recorded volume.<br><div style="background-color: #E5F6FF;">'''Example''': If a new tick comes with a price higher or equals current ASK tick price and its volume is recorded as BUY volume, and then another tick comes with a price that is between ASK and BID prices, the volume is recorded also to BUY volume.</div>#: <div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">9. Select '''NoteBuild from''': When you plot to choose which type of data shall be utilized to build Volume Delta chart, take into account that it doesn:* If '''Ticks'''t matter what resolution is selected: In case '''Breakdown by''' = '''Ask Traded vs Bid Traded''', additionally MultiCharts will request '''historical tick ask''' and '''bid''' data from your the data source for the specified in chart settings data range, if '''Ask Traded vs Bid Traded''' no matter what resolution is selectedin chart settings, to build Volume Delta chart. </div># Select '''Show Volume as''':#* '''Bid x Ask Volume'''<br><div style="background-color: #E5F6FF;">In case '''ExampleBreakdown by''': = '''0x56Up Ticks vs Down Ticks''', where MultiCharts will request '''0historical tick trade''' data from the data source for the specified in chart settings data range, no matter what resolution is SELL volume and selected in chart settings, to build Volume Delta chart.* '''56Minutes''' option is BUY volumeavailable if the basic resolution in chart settings is more than one minute. </div>#* If '''Total VolumeMinutes'''<br><div style="background-color: #E5F6FF;">is selected, MultiCharts will request '''Examplehistorical minute trade''': data from the data source for the specified in chart settings data range, no matter what resolution is selected in chart settings, to build Volume Delta chart.* '''56Days''' option is available if the sum of BUY + SELL volumebasic resolution in chart settings is more than one day.</div>#* '''Delta (Ask – Bid Volume)'''<br><div style="background-color: #E5F6FFE3FBE5;">'''ExampleNote''': '''56''' is the difference between '''56Minutes''' and '''0Days'''.</div># Check options are not available if '''Displayed as a percentage''' to see BUY and SELL volume in %. Available only for '''Total Volume''' and '''Delta (Ask – Bid Volume)'''.#:* If '''Total Volume''' is selected and '''Displayed as a percentage''', the whole bar represents 100% of used volume, each part of the bar represents a particular % of used volume respectively.#:* If '''Delta (Ask – Bid Volume)''' is selected and '''Displayed as a percentage''' is checked, then a higher value between BUY and SELL volume of a particular box is taken, then it is multiplied Breakdown by 100 and divided by total volume of this box.<br><div style="background-color: #E5F6FF;">'''Example''': BUY volume = 180, SELL volume = 30. The percentage of the box is calculated this way: (180 x 100) / (180 + 30) = 85,71%. Note that for '''Delta (Ask – Traded vs Bid Volume)Traded''' the percentage is shown for each box individually, not for the whole bar.</div> # Double-click the symbol, or click :10. Click '''OK''', to create a chart.
<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note''': [[Custom Futures]] are supported on Volume Delta chart type since MultiCharts 11.</div>
