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ChartsPod Live Absorption Candidates: Settings to Check Before Your First Analysis

Live absorption flags highlight places where heavy aggression is meeting passive orders right now. Because the bar is live, they are candidates, not confirmations.

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

Short answer

Live absorption candidates mark rows where aggressive volume is high but price progress is small during the current bar, suggesting passive orders are absorbing. Before using them, check the volume threshold, the progress measure (ticks moved per unit of volume), whether order-book data confirms resting liquidity at that price, the venue, and that flags may disappear by the close. Treat them as prompts to watch, and confirm with price reaction and closed-bar data.

What it shows

ElementMeaning
Aggressive volumeHigh at the row
Price progressSmall despite volume
Book confirmationResting size at or near row
StatusProvisional until close
A live absorption candidate (illustrative)A live absorption candidate (illustrative): 10:02: Flag: 140 BTC sold at 59,900; 10:05: Price holds; bids refill; 10:09: Sellers fade; CLOSE: Confirmed: bounce from 59,900.10:02Flag: 140 BTC sold at 59,90010:05Price holds; bids refill10:09Sellers fadeCLOSEConfirmed: bounce from 59,900
Flag → watch → confirm. Original ChartsPod editorial graphic.

Settings to check

Live Absorption Candidates checksLive Absorption Candidates checks: Volume threshold; Progress measure; Book data at the row; Flag persistence to close; Venue and contract; Outcome logging.LIVE ABSORPTION CANDIDATES CHECKSVolume thresholdProgress measureBook data at the rowFlag persistence to closeVenue and contractOutcome logging
Record these live absorption candidates settings with any screenshot. Original ChartsPod editorial graphic.

Worked example

Illustrative: a candidate fires when 140 BTC of selling at 59,900 moves price less than 2 ticks. Order book shows bids refilling at 59,900. Over the next minutes sellers fade and price lifts. On another day, a similar flag fires but bids are pulled and price breaks; logging both builds a base rate.

Related: Footprint Absorption vs Exhaustion: Compare Price Response, How to Read a Crypto Heatmap When Liquidity Gets Pulled.

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Live absorption candidates mark rows where aggressive volume is high but price progress is small during the current bar, suggesting passive orders are absorbing.

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Questions readers ask

What is a live absorption candidate?

Heavy aggression with little price progress in the current bar.

Is it a signal?

A prompt to watch; confirm with reaction.

Why can flags disappear?

The bar is still live.

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.

CHARTSPOD EDITORIAL EDITION · RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ONLY · NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE.