Overview
Two closely related delta tools: DBars, a compact per-candle delta bar, and the CVD (Cumulative Volume Delta) line, which tracks the running buy/sell imbalance across the entire session.
What's covered
- DBars — Small bars rendered per candle that show each candle's net delta (buy volume minus sell volume). Green means more trades went through at the ask; red means more went through at the bid. You get a quick delta read at a glance without opening the full footprint/cluster view.
- Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) — A running total of delta across the session, plotted as a line. A rising line means buyers have dominated so far; a falling line means sellers have. Read the slope, not the absolute level, to judge who is in control.
- CVD vs. price divergence — When price makes a new high or low but CVD doesn't confirm it (or moves the opposite way), the move isn't backed by the aggregate delta. This is read as a classic divergence signal and a common early-warning pattern for exhaustion.
- CVD line type — Determines where the cumulative total starts counting: Session (from the start of the current session), Visible range (from the left edge of the chart), or Full data (from the start of the candle period lookback). Where you reset changes what the total is actually measuring, so pick the start point deliberately rather than reading the line out of context.