Bitcoin 3 Column Footprint 1Hour is a Sierra Chart footprint template for Bitcoin on the 1-hour chart. Each bar shows three columns of order flow: delta on the left, bid volume x ask volume in the middle and total volume on the right. It is built for spotting absorption, the moments when one side keeps hitting the market and price refuses to move.

What is on the chart

• Three-column footprint: delta (left), bid volume x ask volume (middle), total volume (right)
• Delta next to each bar, plus a delta summary for all visible bars on the right edge
• Total volume next to each bar and for the whole day
• Green and red candlestick bodies for each bar
• Footprint calculated values at the bottom: FinishDelta, Delta, Volume and Volume per second
• Large Volume Trade Indicator: big trades appear as bubbles on the footprint
• Automatic levels: Open, previous week high and low, previous month high and low

Why a 1-hour footprint for Bitcoin

Bitcoin trades around the clock and lower-timeframe footprints quickly fill up with noise. The 1-hour bar is long enough to show where real size traded during a session and short enough to catch turning points. The bid x ask column shows exactly where buyers lifted offers and where sellers hit bids at each price, so you see the fight, not just the result.

Spotting absorption

Absorption shows up as strong delta in one direction with little price progress. For example, heavy negative delta at the low of a bar while the candle closes near its high means sellers hit the bid hard and passive buyers took all of it. The delta summary on the right edge tells you whether that pressure is building across the visible bars and the large-trade bubbles show whether it came from a few big participants.

Good to know

• Preset for Bitcoin. It needs a Bitcoin data feed in Sierra Chart that includes bid and ask volume.
• Footprint (Numbers Bars) is an Advanced Sierra Chart feature. We recommend Package 11.
• More Bitcoin and futures setups: Sierra Chart footprint templates.