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See the candles
order flow.

SidiFootprint is the fastest, most configurable footprint indicator for NinjaTrader 8. Read who's buying and who's selling at every price, in real time, with 910+ ways to make it yours.

Start free 14-day demo → See it in action
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7×
Faster than competing footprint tools
910+
Configuration options, every one yours
500+
Active traders read flow with it daily
ES · 5 Minute · SidiFootprint (demo render)
SCHEMATIC DEMO
VOL 0 Δ 0 ΣΔ 0 VPOC 0.00
0 trades booked · simulated tape, not live market data
Works with your stack
Kinetick Rithmic CQG CME Group
§ 01Capabilities

See what other
traders can't see.

Most traders stare at candles and guess. With SidiFootprint you read the actual buy and sell pressure at every price level, and know exactly where institutional money is moving. The animations below are schematic renderings of the calculation, drawn live in your browser from simulated order flow. Every screenshot next to them is the real indicator on a real chart.

A · Footprint Profiles
Two columns · Eight display styles · Independent

Know exactly who's buying and selling, at every price.

Choose from 8 display styles for left and right profiles independently. Bid/Ask, Delta, Volume, Delta %, Trades, each with its own cluster style, coloring mode, and opacity control.

  • Dual-profile mode: Bid/Ask on the left, Delta on the right, simultaneously
  • Advanced 4-tier volume-intensity coloring with configurable thresholds
  • Filter by body, wicks, or show everywhere on the bar
  • Saturation mode: color intensity scales with volume participation
Cluster styles · live render
Schematic render
Same book, four presentations: brick, volume bar, profile and bid × ask text.
Dual profile bid/ask + delta
Dual Profile
Cluster brick footprint view
Cluster · Brick
Cluster with volume profile
Profile
B · Imbalance Detection
Diagonal · Horizontal · Stacked zones

Spot aggressive buyers and sellers before the move happens.

Set your own percentage thresholds and minimum-volume filters. SidiFootprint detects imbalances in real time and paints them directly on your chart with configurable colors.

  • Stacked imbalance zones with historical tracking and retest detection
  • Broken-level visualization for invalidated imbalance zones
  • Custom stack-count thresholds: 3+, 4+, 5+ consecutive levels
  • Zone extension until broken, so you see where pressure accumulates
Diagonal comparison · 300 %
Schematic render
Ask at a price is compared against the bid one tick below. 300 % or more marks an imbalance.
Stacked imbalance zone with retest
Zone Retest
Diagonal imbalance detail
Diagonal
Extended stacked imbalance zone
Extended Zone
C · VPOC & Value Area
Text · Line · Rectangle · Naked tracking

Find the price levels where the market keeps coming back.

Visualize VPOC as text, line, rectangle, or any combination. Track naked VPOCs that haven't been revisited. See value-area fills and outlines with custom dash styles and colors.

  • Naked VPOC tracking: unbroken levels from past sessions stay visible
  • Value Area fill, outline, or both, with separate session styling
  • POC migration path, visible across developing bars
  • Full control over line width, dash style, opacity, and color
VPOC · naked level tracking
Schematic render
Each bar's highest-volume price becomes its VPOC. Untouched levels stay lit until price returns.
VPOC all display modes combined
All Modes
Naked VPOC levels
Naked Levels
Value area fill and outline
Value Area
D · Session Volume Profiles
Volume · Delta · Contour heat-map

Volume, delta and contour profiles, built in.

No separate indicator needed. SidiFootprint renders session volume profiles directly on your chart with configurable width, cell coloring, and delta overlay bars or lines.

  • Volume-only, delta-only, or combined display modes
  • Contour view for heat-map style density visualization
  • Delta-bar and delta-line overlays with independent colors
  • Two separate session time ranges for comparing sessions
Session profile · VAH / VPOC / VAL
Schematic render
Every bar's levels are aggregated into the session profile. The value area is the 70 % of volume around the VPOC.
Volume and delta profile combined
Volume + Delta
Contour heat map view
Contour
Delta profile
Delta
E · Absorption · Exhaustion · Auctions
Detect turning points in real time

Detect turning points before they happen.

Absorption prints identify large passive orders absorbing aggressive flow. Exhaustion prints mark where buying or selling pressure is fading. Unfinished auctions signal potential continuation.

  • Finished and unfinished auction highlighting with custom colors
  • Absorption and exhaustion print markers, on chart
  • Configurable thresholds for sensitivity tuning
  • Real-time detection on developing bars, with no lag
Absorption at the extreme
Schematic render
Heavy volume into the high that fails to print higher: aggressive buyers absorbed by passive size.
Absorption exhaustion print
Absorption
Unfinished auction text
Unfinished
Finished auction
Finished
F · Statistics Dashboard
12 configurable rows · Minimal to power-user

The full picture of every bar, without switching windows.

A configurable statistics panel at the bottom of each bar showing volume, delta, trades, cumulative delta, buy/sell ratio, and more. From minimal to power-user layouts.

  • Choose which stats to show, and in what order
  • Grid lines and separators for readability
  • Color-coded positive and negative values
  • Minimal mode for clean charts, power mode for deep analysis
Volume · Delta · Cumulative Δ
Schematic render
Bar statistics are summed from the same book the cells are drawn from. Nothing is approximated.
Power user statistics layout
Power User
Minimal statistics layout
Minimal
Grid statistics layout
Grid
§ 02And More

Every detail you need.
Nothing you don't.

A short list of the smaller features that turn a good footprint into a working desk tool. None of them are headlines. All of them matter when the tape is moving.

Big Lot Detection

Bubble markers for unusually large orders. Custom min/max with separate buy and sell colors.

18 Alert Conditions

Trades, volume, delta, buy/sell, percentage, each with its own configurable thresholds.

Text-to-Speech

Hear your alerts spoken aloud in six languages. Never miss an event during execution.

Bar Body Styles

None, bar-without-wick, bar-and-wick, or full-range box outline. Each layer independent.

Price Marker

Current-price marker with custom colors for above and below the developing POC.

Daylight Saving

Automatic DST adjustment for US and European session times. No manual edits at equinoxes.

Auto Scale

Smart auto-scaling so footprint bars never overlap statistics rows, at any zoom level.

Z-Axis Control

Render on top of or behind other chart objects. Full front-to-back layering control.

§ 03Complete Reference

910+ configuration options.
Every one yours.

A full reference of every category in SidiFootprint, with the controls explained and the visual results shown. Open any section to read on.

01Footprint Profiles · Left & Right+

The core of SidiFootprint: two independent profile columns that can each display different data styles simultaneously. The left and right columns share no settings, they are configured completely independently.

  • 8 display styles · Off, Volume, Delta, Delta Min/Max, Delta %, Ask, Bid, Trades
  • 3 cluster styles · Brick, Volume Bar, Volume Profile
  • 2 view modes · Bar Outline, Bar Filled
  • 2 coloring modes · Solid, Saturation
  • 4-tier coloring with configurable thresholds (0–25/25–50/50–75/75–100)
  • Display filter by location · body, wick, or everywhere
  • Separator styles · None, Line, I, X, O
  • Font customization · family, weight, style, size
Cluster Brick mode
Cluster · Brick
Cluster Volume Bar mode
Cluster · Volume Bar
Dual profile bid/ask + delta
Dual Profile · Bid/Ask + Delta
Saturation coloring mode
Saturation Coloring
02VPOC · Volume Point of Control+

The VPOC marks the price level with the highest traded volume in each bar. SidiFootprint offers extensive visualization and filtering options.

  • 8 display combinations · Text, Line, Rectangle and all blends
  • Delta-based coloring with separate positive/negative/neutral colors
  • Position filter · Off, Body, Upper Wick, Lower Wick
  • Delta type filter · Off, Coherence, Divergence
  • Minimum volume threshold
  • Rectangle scale factor (0.1–1.0)
  • Line height and width scale factors
VPOC text display
VPOC · Text Mode
VPOC line display
VPOC · Line Mode
VPOC all modes combined
VPOC · All Combined
Value Area fill and outline
Value Area · Fill + Outline
03Naked VPOC Tracking+

Track VPOCs from past bars that haven't yet been revisited. These "naked" levels often act as magnets for future price action.

  • Broken-level criteria · Bar High/Low, Bar Close, Bar POC
  • Calculation mode · On Each Tick, On Bar Close
  • Position and delta-type filters
  • Separate colors for broken vs. unbroken levels
Naked VPOC unbroken levels
Naked VPOC · Unbroken Levels
VPOC all modes combined
VPOC · All Modes Combined
04Imbalance Detection+

Detect aggressive buying or selling at specific price levels where one side dominates by a configurable ratio.

  • 3 modes · Diagonal, Horizontal, Stacked
  • Custom percentage thresholds (e.g. 150 %, 300 %)
  • Minimum volume filters
  • Separate buy / sell colors
  • Stacked imbalances: zone tracking, retest detection, broken levels
  • Custom stack-count thresholds (3+, 4+, 5+)
  • Zone extension until broken
Diagonal imbalance detection
Diagonal Imbalance
Horizontal imbalance detection
Horizontal Imbalance
Stacked buy imbalance
Stacked · Buy Imbalance
Stacked zone with retest
Stacked · Zone Retest
05Absorption · Exhaustion · Auctions+

Advanced order-flow concepts that help identify potential turning points and continuation patterns in real time.

  • Absorption print detection
  • Exhaustion print detection
  • Finished-auction highlighting
  • Unfinished-auction markers (text, marker, or both)
  • Configurable thresholds for sensitivity tuning
  • Real-time detection on developing bars
Unfinished auction text display
Unfinished Auction · Text
Finished auction highlighting
Finished Auction
Absorption and exhaustion prints
Absorption · Exhaustion Print
Unfinished auction marker
Unfinished Auction · Marker
06Session Volume Profiles+

Built-in session volume profiles eliminate the need for a separate indicator. Display volume distribution, delta overlay, or a heat-map contour view.

  • Volume-only, delta-only, or combined display
  • Contour view (heat-map style)
  • Delta-bar and delta-line overlays
  • Two separate session time ranges
  • Cell coloring and width customization
  • Bar filled vs. outline modes
Volume profile only
Volume Profile
Delta profile only
Delta Profile
Contour heat-map view
Contour · Heat Map
Volume and delta combined
Volume + Delta Combined
07Statistics Dashboard · 12 Rows+

A configurable statistics panel at the bottom of each bar, showing key metrics at a glance.

  • Configurable row selection and order
  • Grid lines and separators
  • Color-coded positive / negative values
  • Minimal, standard and power-user layouts
Minimal statistics layout
Minimal Layout
Power user statistics with all rows
Power User · All Rows
08Alerts · 18 Conditions+

A comprehensive alert system that monitors 18 different order-flow conditions in real time.

  • Trade-based, volume-based, delta-based and buy/sell conditions
  • Percentage-based thresholds
  • Text-to-Speech in six languages
  • Custom alert sounds
Alert settings panel
Alert Settings · 18 Conditions
09General Settings+

Global configuration options that control the overall behavior and appearance of SidiFootprint.

  • Max loaded days for calculation
  • Ticks per level (price aggregation)
  • Reconnect reload
  • Daylight Saving Time auto-adjustment (US / Europe)
  • Label visibility · Z-axis ordering · Auto-scale controls
  • Bar spacing and width · Right margin for VP positioning
All settings categories collapsed
All Categories · 30+ Sections
Footprint profile settings expanded
Footprint · Profile Left Settings
§ 04Color Themes

Make it look exactly
the way you want.

Every color is fully configurable. Ten finished styles are ready as settings files, a starting point rather than a corset: load one, then change any of the 158 color properties, or build your own from scratch. Click any theme to preview it live. See all ten styles and how to load them →

Bloomberg
BLM-01 · DEFAULT
Bloomberg theme Neon Crypto theme Ocean theme Sunset theme Forest theme Steel Blue theme
ES · 5min · Live theme preview High-contrast amber on near-black
§ 05Density Spectrum

From minimum
to maximum.

Clean charts for focused reading. Dense workspaces for deep analysis. Same indicator, five workspaces, five styles of trading. Click any tab to load the workspace.

Ultra Clean
Minimal footprint, no extras. The bar, the price, the data.
§ 06Before · After

Five tools, replaced
by one indicator.

A typical NinjaTrader workspace stacks four or five separate indicators for footprint, volume profile, delta, and imbalances, each with its own colors, fonts, and behaviors. SidiFootprint replaces them in one consistent system.

Without SidiFootprint

Five indicators duct-taped together.

  • A separate footprint indicator
  • A separate volume profile tool
  • A separate delta indicator
  • No real imbalance detection
  • Limited customization
  • Cluttered, inconsistent UI
+ With SidiFootprint

One indicator. Everything in one place.

  • All-in-one footprint indicator
  • Built-in session volume profiles
  • Integrated delta visualization
  • Full imbalance and VPOC tracking
  • 910+ configuration options
  • Unified, premium dark UI
§ 07In Your Demo

One demo.
The complete Sidi suite.

When you start your free 14-day demo, we unlock the entire Sidi product suite, not just SidiFootprint. You get full, unrestricted access to all ten professional tools.

01

SidiFootprint

The flagship · 910+ options

Full-featured footprint with dual Bid/Ask profiles, delta, imbalance zones, Market Memory Zones, VPOC tracking, built-in volume profiles, absorption/exhaustion detection, and Delta Volume Divergence signals, all in one indicator.

From $22.90 / mo · $479 lifetime →
02

SidiVolumeLevels

VWAP & volume profiles

Multiple VWAP calculations (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Contract-based, plus 3 Anchored VWAPs) with standard-deviation bands. Built-in Volume Profile levels with VPOC/VAH/VAL and per-session customization.

From $19.90 / mo →
03

SidiIntervalLevels

Session & interval levels

Key intraday reference levels: session Open, High, Low, Close for configurable time intervals. Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly OHLC with extend-to-right lines and automatic DST adjustment.

From $11.90 / mo →
04

SidiChartTrader

Order entry · risk management

On-chart trade execution with SELL/BUY/CLOSE/BreakEven/AUTO buttons. Multiple order types, max spread protection, chart lag protection, trailing drawdown support (Apex/Leeloo compatible), risk-per-trade %, and real-time PnL statistics.

From $21.90 / mo → SidiChartTrader order entry panel on a NinjaTrader chart
05

SidiSwing

Structure analysis

Identifies swing highs and lows with configurable strength (bars left/right). Shows all, only broken, or only unbroken levels with extend-to-edge lines and price labels at each swing point.

From $11.90 / mo →
06

SidiHeikenAshi

Trend overlay & signals

Heiken Ashi bars with tick-size rounding, Continuation Bar markers (strong trend) and Reversal Bar markers (potential turning points) in coherent/divergent mode. Min/max tick filters and consecutive bar count limits.

From $11.90 / mo → SidiHeikinAshi bars with trend and reversal markers on a NinjaTrader chart
07

SidiLevel2

Order-book depth on chart

Level II DOM data rendered as a histogram directly on chart. Bid and ask limit order volume at each price level with three color modes (Solid, Saturation, Percentage) and configurable depth display.

From $4.90 / mo → SidiLevel2 order-book depth histogram on a NinjaTrader chart
08

SidiEconomicCalendar

News & event alerts

ForexFactory economic events in a filterable grid, filtered by country (9 currencies) and impact level. Pre-event notifications with Sound/Messagebox, Text-to-Speech in 6 languages, and configurable lead times.

From $11.90 / mo →
SidiEconomicCalendar filtered event grid in NinjaTrader SidiEconomicCalendar events plotted on the NinjaTrader chart
09

SidiDeltaPro

Delta bars · wicks · heatmap

Volume delta (buy vs. sell difference) as colored bars with min/max wicks. Three color modes: Solid, Saturation by delta strength, Heatmap with extreme contrast. Two scaling modes for intraday and swing trading.

Included in your demo →
10

SidiBacktestTool

Manual backtesting · CSV export

A drawing tool for manual backtesting: place trade entries and exits directly on chart, track results, and export everything as CSV for analysis.

From $8.90 / mo →
SidiBacktestTool trades marked on a NinjaTrader chart with profit and loss labels SidiBacktestTool trade data export view
§ 08From Traders

Trusted by hundreds of
NinjaTrader users.

From scalpers on ES and NQ to swing traders on crude oil and gold, traders across every major futures market rely on SidiFootprint as their primary order-flow tool. Here's what they have to say about the difference it makes in their daily workflow.

★★★★★
"Replaced three separate indicators on my ES charts. The imbalance detection alone justified it. I'm catching reversals I used to miss entirely."
MR
Mike R.
ES FUTURES · CHICAGO
★★★★★
"910 options sounds overwhelming, but the defaults are already great. Tweaked my colors, set my imbalance thresholds, was trading within ten minutes."
JK
James K.
NQ SCALPER · NEW YORK
★★★★★
"Best-looking footprint on NinjaTrader. But it's not just aesthetics. The naked-VPOC tracking and stacked imbalance zones are serious edge."
SL
Sarah L.
CRUDE OIL · HOUSTON
★★★★★
"The rendering speed is the real story. With six charts open and full footprints on every one, my workspace doesn't lag for a single tick during the US open."
DV
Daniel V.
DAX FUTURES · FRANKFURT
★★★★★
"I run a small prop desk, nine seats, all on SidiFootprint now. The dual bid/ask plus delta view was the moment we knew we'd never go back."
RP
Robert P.
PROP DESK LEAD · LONDON
★★★★★
"Switched from a popular paid footprint and the difference is night and day. Cleaner UI, faster engine, and the absorption prints actually fire on time."
AT
Akira T.
NIKKEI · TOKYO
★★★★★
"The naked VPOC sessions changed how I structure my day. I now have a real list of unfinished business on the chart instead of guessing at levels."
EM
Elena M.
GC GOLD · ZURICH
★★★★★
"Support replied within an hour on a Saturday with a config tweak that fixed my exact issue. That's not a footprint review, that's the kind of company I want to pay."
TH
Tobias H.
6E EUR FX · MUNICH
★★★★★
"I'm a swing trader on the 4-hour, so I doubted I'd care about footprint detail. The session volume profile and value-area overlays alone are worth the seat."
CO
Chris O.
RTY SWING · TORONTO
★★★★★
"TTS alerts in German for stacked imbalances are a game-changer when I step away from the desk. Six languages is the kind of detail nobody else nailed."
PB
Philip B.
BUND FUTURES · VIENNA
★★★★★
"Crypto futures are messy, and most footprints choke on the tick load. SidiFootprint just keeps drawing. Imbalance threshold tuning saves me hours of context."
NK
Nadia K.
BTC FUTURES · SYDNEY
★★★★★
"Honestly I bought it because the screenshots looked great. I kept it because the unfinished-auction marker has called every meaningful reversal on copper for two months."
MA
Marco A.
HG COPPER · MILAN
§ 8 · Built for Developers

Your code. Our data.

SidiFootprint isn't a black box. Almost every calculated value is accessible from your own NinjaScript code, updated on every tick, not just bar close, and available on historical bars too.

// Live + historical · per tick
Delta = +347
BarVPOC = 4182.25
VAH = 4184.50 · VAL = 4179.75
SingleImbalance = 3 · Multi = 1
BigVOL = 4180.50 – 4183.00
DeltaPercCluster = 62.4%
// … and many more
⚡
Per-tick updates, live & historical Every value recalculates on each tick, in real-time and on historical data. No bar-close lag, no stale aggregates.
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Build custom strategies Use Delta, imbalance ratios, volume clusters or any other value as building blocks for your own indicators and automated strategies.
💬
Dev help on Discord Need help integrating? Our Discord community and dev support will get you started.
§ 09Frequently Asked

Common questions,
direct answers.

The things people ask before they install. If something isn't covered here, reach out. We read every email.

Q · 01What's included in the free 14-day demo?+
Everything. Full access to all 10 Sidi tools: SidiFootprint, SidiVolumeLevels, SidiIntervalLevels, SidiChartTrader, SidiSwing, SidiHeikenAshi, SidiLevel2, SidiEconomicCalendar, SidiDeltaPro, and SidiBacktestTool. All 910+ configuration options, all visualization modes, alerts, volume profiles, imbalance detection. No feature locks. No watermarks.
Q · 02Which NinjaTrader version do I need?+
NinjaTrader 8. Works with both free and licensed versions. You need a data feed with tick-level data. Kinetick, Rithmic and CQG all work perfectly.
Q · 03Will it slow down my charts?+
No. SidiFootprint renders seven times faster than comparable footprint tools. The engine is deeply optimized for NinjaTrader's chart framework, so even dense charts with every feature enabled stay perfectly smooth during live trading.
Q · 04Which markets does it work with?+
Any market with tick data in NinjaTrader: futures (ES, NQ, CL, GC), forex and stocks. Footprint analysis is most powerful on liquid futures, where you can see real institutional order flow at work.
Q · 05910 options sounds overwhelming. Where do I start?+
SidiFootprint ships with carefully tuned defaults that work great out of the box. Most traders start with the defaults and adjust over time: thresholds, colors, which features to show. The depth is there when you want it. If you would rather start from a finished look, ten free color styles are ready to load.
Q · 06How do I install it?+
Download the installer and run it. The installer handles everything automatically, including the SidiLicenseManager for license activation. After installation, open the SidiLicenseManager, enter the email and password we send you, and you're ready to go. About two minutes total.
Q · 07Can I use it with the NinjaTrader Strategy Builder?+
Yes. SidiFootprint integrates with the NinjaTrader Strategy Builder. You can use order-flow data from SidiFootprint as conditions in your automated strategies, giving your algos the same data you see on screen.
§ 9 · Pricing

SidiFootprint. Two ways to own it.

This is the licence for SidiFootprint on its own, the flagship indicator. It does not include the rest of the Sidi suite, those tools are licensed separately or together in the SidiPack bundle.

Single-tool licence · SidiFootprint only · see all tools & pricing
Flexible

Monthly

$22.90 / month
  • All 910+ SidiFootprint options
  • Free updates included
  • Cancel anytime, no lock-in
  • Discord support
  • Not tied to Machine ID
  • SidiFootprint only, other Sidi tools sold separately
Best Value

Lifetime

$479 one-time
That's less than 21 months of monthly
  • All 910+ SidiFootprint options
  • Free lifetime updates
  • Pay once, yours forever
  • Priority Discord support
  • Not tied to Machine ID
  • SidiFootprint only, other Sidi tools sold separately
Need more than the footprint?

SidiPack — all 9 tools in one licence

$99 / month · or $2,099 one-time
Save $878 on lifetime — the 9 tools bought separately cost $2,977
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§ 10 · Free 14-Day Demo

Ready to trade with real data?

Full access to all ten Sidi tools. No credit card. No commitment. Just fourteen days to see the difference real order-flow data makes in your trading.

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