medium · Order Flow Analysis footprint-delta
Two footprint bars each close with an identical bar delta of +900. Bar X traded 3,000 total contracts; bar Y traded 30,000. Both bars closed up by the same number of ticks.
Treating delta-per-volume as the diagnostic, which interpretation is best supported?
- Bar Y shows far weaker conviction: the same net delta on ten-times the volume means buyers and sellers fought nearly to a draw, hinting at absorption.
- Both bars are fully equivalent in conviction, since identical bar delta and identical tick range must mean identical order-flow strength.
- Bar X is the true absorption candle, since its much lower total volume proves that passive sellers were quietly soaking up the aggressive bids.
- Bar Y is the more decisively bullish of the two bars, since 30,000 contracts traded on the same delta confirms ten-times stronger committed buying pressure.
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