Bid × ask at every price
Volume sold at the bid and bought at the ask on every price of the bar. Group ticks per row to match the instrument.
Note Classic per-bar profiles are one setting away.
Read the tape · TapeCrest Footprint
Footprint Inside every bar.
Bid and ask volume at every price inside the bar, imbalances and stacked zones, the bar's POC and value area, large trades as bubbles, and volume, delta and cumulative delta underneath. Zoom out and it becomes clean candles again.
$199launch price
Launch price until May 6, 2027, then $249.
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.
Footprint 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 Footprint?
TapeCrest Footprint is a footprint chart indicator for NinjaTrader 8. It shows the volume sold at the bid and bought at the ask at every price inside each bar, boxes the bar's point of control, marks imbalances and big trades, and turns back into clean candles when you zoom out.
- Type
- Indicator for NinjaTrader 8
- Works with
- Order Flow+
- Price
- $199 launch price, then $249 · 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 film · 1:47
Footprint in 1:47.
In English, with subtitles. The caption under each film says what you see: recorded NQ sessions, re-drawn, or a simulation.
The problem
A candle shows four prices.
The fight was at all the others.
Open, high, low, close. Inside that range buyers and sellers traded at every tick, and the candle hides who was aggressive where. The footprint opens the bar.
- 01
Who pushed the high?
Bid × ask at every price shows where buyers lifted the offer and sellers hit the bid.
- 02
Imbalances everywhere, none that matter
Set the ratio, the minimum volume and the stack length; stacks become zones.
- 03
Too much detail when zoomed out
Three zoom stages: candles, a compact profile, the full footprint with figures.
Try it here
Zoom in.
The bar opens.
Drag the slider to change the bar spacing. Narrow bars draw as candles, mid widths as a compact profile and wide bars as the full footprint with figures. The calculation never changes with zoom.
Full footprint
Illustration with simulated data
What it draws
Activity at every price,
tuned to the instrument.
Imbalances and stacked zones
Diagonal or horizontal comparison, a dominance ratio such as the classic 300%, a minimum volume and a minimum stack. Stacks become zones that run right until price trades through.
POC and value area per bar
The price that took the most volume in each bar, boxed, and the value area around it at the share you set: 40% by default, or the 70% convention.
Big trades
Bubbles on large prints, with prints at the same price and side joined into one order. A heavier ring marks a large order whose bar then closed against it.
Note Historical bubbles need Tick Replay.
Volume, delta, CVD
A table under each bar with volume, delta and cumulative delta, or a delta histogram that is quicker to scan. CVD resets at the session rollover.
Context in candle view
POC marks, big trades and imbalance zones can stay on the chart when you zoom out to candles.
Requirements and limits
What you need,
what to expect.
| Platform | NinjaTrader 8. |
|---|---|
| Market data | Order Flow+ volumetric data and a compatible data connection. |
| Chart types | An Order Flow Volumetric chart, or Minute, Second, Tick, Volume and Range charts, which get a matching volumetric series in the background. Other bar types show no footprint. |
| History | Follows the tick history your provider supplies. Historical big trades need Tick Replay. |
| Without data | No estimated footprint: without volumetric data it shows only its candles and the big-trade bubbles, and the Log says why. |
| Price | $199 launch price, then $249 · 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
$199launch price
Launch price until May 6, 2027, then $249.
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.
Questions
Footprint questions
Still unsure? Write to support@tapecrest.com.
Do I need Order Flow+?
Yes. The footprint reads NinjaTrader's Order Flow+ volumetric data. Without it the indicator does not estimate a footprint.
Which chart types are supported?
Volumetric, Minute, Second, Tick, Volume and Range. On a Volumetric chart it reads the data directly; on the other types it adds the matching volumetric series in the background.
Does it show history?
Yes, from the tick history your provider supplies. Big trade bubbles on historical bars need Tick Replay enabled in the data series.
Footprint or Liquidity Heatmap?
The footprint shows what traded inside each bar. The heatmap shows what was waiting in the book before it traded. They answer different questions and work side by side.
Does it tell me where to enter?
No. Imbalances, zones and big trades describe the activity. The decision stays yours.
Launch access
Be first when
the Footprint opens.
Leave your email and we write to you when the Footprint and its 7-day trial open. Add any other tools you care about.
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.