Levels with their volume
Each level can show the volume absorbed there, which is also how you calibrate the minimum volume for an instrument.
Read the tape · two tools
Absorption Where the push was soaked up.
Absorption Levels turns concentrated bid and ask activity into price levels you can review when price returns. Absorption Premium adds the order-flow context around each absorption and marks where it lines up. The decision stays yours.
$119launch price
Launch price until May 6, 2027, then $149.
One-time payment · lifetime licence for two computers · 7-day trial first, no card · 14-day money-back
Also in TapeCrest Complete: all six paid tools for $654.
Absorption Levels opens on launch day with its 7-day trial in your TapeCrest workspace. No card, no automatic charge.
Both open your TapeCrest workspace: start the trial there, or buy the lifetime licence.
At a glance
What is TapeCrest Absorption Levels?
TapeCrest Absorption Levels is an indicator for NinjaTrader 8 that draws a horizontal line at each price where aggressive volume was absorbed by resting limit orders: support where selling was absorbed, resistance where buying was absorbed.
- Type
- Indicator for NinjaTrader 8
- Works with
- Order Flow+ · Tick Replay for history
- Price
- $119 launch price, then $149 · one-time payment
- Trial
- 7 days from your first activation. No card, no automatic charge.
- Licence
- Lifetime, two computers. Online licence check at start and while it runs.
- Included
- English guide (PDF) and 23 templates: Light, Dark and 21 market starting points
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Support
- Chat with the developer in your TapeCrest workspace, screenshots welcome.
The films
Absorption Levels and Absorption Premium, on film.
In English, with subtitles. The caption under each film says what you see: recorded NQ sessions, re-drawn, or a simulation.
The problem
Aggressive orders hit a price.
Price did not move.
That moment says something about who was waiting there. On a fast chart it is gone a few bars later. Absorption Levels keeps it on the chart, with the volume that was absorbed.
- 01
You see it in real time, then lose it
Levels stay drawn, with the absorbed volume beside them if you switch it on.
- 02
Every level looks the same
Minimum volume, dominance ratio, stacked prices and a bar-extreme filter decide what qualifies.
- 03
Context spread over five indicators
Absorption Premium checks reversal, large prints, divergence, climax and fresh extremes at each absorption.
Absorption Levels · try it
Tune the filter.
See what qualifies.
Candidate prices from a simulated session. Raise the minimum volume or the dominance ratio and watch levels drop out; switch on the bar-extreme filter to keep only absorption at the high or low of a bar.
- Selling absorbed · support
- Buying absorbed · resistance
- Did not qualify
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Illustration with simulated data
Absorption Levels
Levels you can calibrate
per instrument.
Filters you control
Minimum volume, dominance ratio, stacked prices, tick grouping, a bar-extreme filter and a cap on how many levels stay drawn.
Approach and touch alerts
Optional alerts as price closes in on a level and the first time a bar closes at it, once per level.
Note Touch is read from the bar close, not tick by tick.
Data check
A readout of the bid and ask volume being read, so you can confirm Order Flow+ and Tick Replay are feeding it.
Requirements and limits
What you need,
what to expect.
| Platform | NinjaTrader 8. |
|---|---|
| Market data | Order Flow+ for both. Levels needs Tick Replay for history; Premium only for historical large prints. |
| Detection | Absorption Levels forms levels on bar close. |
| Large prints | Absorption Premium tracks large prints; historical bars need Tick Replay. |
| Two products | Absorption Levels and Absorption Premium are separate tools, each with its own licence and 7-day trial. |
| Price | Absorption Levels: $119 launch price, then $149 · one-time payment Absorption Premium: $159 launch price, then $199 · one-time payment See pricing |
| Licence | 7-day trial from your first activation, no card. The lifetime licence is a separate one-time purchase. |
| Device | Two computers, managed in your workspace. Licence check online about every five minutes; it keeps working up to 15 minutes offline. |
Own it
One payment.
No subscription.
- Pay once
- A lifetime licence for each tool you choose. No monthly fee.
- No scheduled expiry
- The licence has no end date. The tool verifies it online at start and about every five minutes, and keeps working up to 15 minutes offline.
- Two computers, your choice
- Each licence runs on two of your computers. Add, release or change one yourself in your workspace; anything it cannot do, the developer sorts out in the chat.
- Try before you buy
- Every paid tool has its own 7-day trial. No card, no automatic charge. After you buy, you have 14 days to ask for a full refund.
How a trial runs
- Day 1Your first activation starts the seven days. Creating an account or downloading does not.
- Day 6Reminder by email: 48 hours left.
- Day 7Reminder by email: 24 hours left.
- After day 7Access stops on its own. Buy the lifetime licence if the tool earned its place on your chart.
NinjaTrader 8 · Internet connection for activation and licence checks · Two computers during the trial
Launch prices: single tools from $119, or all six paid tools in TapeCrest Complete for $654. See pricing
Questions
Absorption questions
Still unsure? Write to support@tapecrest.com.
What is the difference between the two?
Absorption Levels finds and draws the levels. Absorption Premium weighs each absorption against the context around it and marks the ones that reach your threshold. They are separate tools and work alone or together.
Does a level show where price turns?
A level records where qualifying absorption happened, so you can watch how price behaves when it comes back. Whether price holds or turns there is your reading; a level is information, not an entry or an exit.
How do I read an Absorption Premium mark?
As context. A mark shows where absorption lined up with the pieces of order-flow context you switched on and weighted. It is information for your own reading; the decision belongs to you.
Are broken levels removed?
In Absorption Levels, levels leave the chart through the look-back, the recent-bars filter or the level cap, not automatically when broken. Absorption Premium removes a level once price trades a set distance beyond it.
What data do I need?
Order Flow+ for both tools. Absorption Levels also needs Tick Replay for historical bars; for Absorption Premium, Tick Replay only adds large prints to history.
Launch access
Be first when
Absorption opens.
Leave your email and we write to you when Absorption Levels and Absorption Premium open, each with its own 7-day trial.
The complete kit
TapeCrest Complete
All six paid tools. One payment.
$654launch price
Launch price until May 6, 2027, then $899.
Bought separately: $1,194
Included, each with its own lifetime licence
Trade Copier · Volume Profile + TPO · Liquidity Heatmap · Footprint · Absorption Premium · Absorption Levels
- Six lifetime licences, each for two computers
- One payment, no subscription
- Full refund within 14 days of purchase, for any reason
- Try any tool for 7 days first; buying does not restart a trial you already used
- Tools released later are not included
Checkout opens on launch day. The end date of the launch prices is published that day and never moved.
Opens your TapeCrest workspace, where the Stripe checkout runs.
Questions
Ask us before you buy.
About a tool, your data feed, your accounts or the licence: write to us. We answer every message by email.