RobotFX curates the best open-source MetaTrader code to inspire your trading automation.
An institutional-grade order flow and footprint chart indicator ported from Pine Script to MQL5.
It dynamically deconstructs major timeframe bars using lower timeframe (LTF) historical tick/real volume to compute buy/sell volume delta at each price level.
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The indicator features automatic timeframe selection, Point of Control (POC) highlighting, Stacked Imbalances.
extreme Absorption detection, Unfinished Business (UB) tracking with live mitigation, and real-time alert triggers.
Key Features:
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Dynamic Column Widths:
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Auto-Scaling Font Engine:
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Background Candle Toggle:
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Performance Optimized:
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Closed-Bar Alerts:
Short Guide for Users
1. Installation
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Open your MetaTrader 5 terminal.
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Press F4 MetaEditor.
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In the Navigator tree on the left, right-click the Indicators New File.
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Choose Custom Indicator, name itFootPrint_X_Ray, and click Next until finished.
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Paste the entire compiled.mq5
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Click the Compile
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Go back to MetaTrader 5, locateFootPrint_X_Ray
2. Best Practices & Tweaks
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Hiding Default MT5 Candles:Hide Background Candlestrue.
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This hides the default bodies so you can focus strictly on the footprint cells.
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The indicator safely restores your native chart template colors when detached.
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Adjusting Column Spacing:Width Spacing Multiplier
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Setting it to0.801.20
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Font Legibility:Base Footprint Font Size8).
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Calculation Limit:25
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f you need a deeper lookback and your terminal has a fast processor, you can increaseMax Bars to Render
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Data Requirements:
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When loading on a new chart, MT5 may take a moment to download the required lower timeframe historical data (M1/M5) to compute the deltas.
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