Tooltack Heat Map & Volume Scanner

Heat Map & Volume Scanner on a representative multi-asset chart — green bands mark buy-side liquidity, red bands mark sell-side liquidity, the brightest band is the Point of Control, and "V" markers flag bullish and bearish volume surges. Heat Map & Volume Scanner is a liquidity and participation indicator for TradingView. It analyses every bar inside a configurable lookback window and groups them into 31 price-based bins. Each bin accumulates the volume traded around that price, building a horizontal volume profile across the chart. The profile is then rendered as a thermal heat map that fills the background of the chart. Bins below current price are coloured green to mark buy-side liquidity and structural support. Bins above current price are coloured red to mark sell-side liquidity and overhead resistance. The bin with the highest volume in the entire profile — the Point of Control — is highlighted at maximum intensity. A vertical sidebar to the right of the chart shows the full profile as a separate visual reference. The lookback depth is fully controllable through three profile modes. Shallow Profile uses 100 bars and is ideal for intraday and scalping decisions. Balanced Profile uses 300 bars and works well for day-to-swing structural mapping. Deep Profile uses 600 bars and surfaces broader, longer-term liquidity distribution. Three thermal sensitivity modes — High Contrast, Balanced, and Smooth — control how sharply the heat map transitions between high and low volume zones. On top of the heat map, the indicator runs a Volume Momentum Scanner. The scanner compares the volume of each bar to a configurable moving average (default 20-bar). Any bar with volume above the surge threshold (default 2x average) is flagged as a surge. Bullish surges (close above open) are marked with a green "V" below the bar. Bearish surges (close at or below open) are marked with a red "V" above the bar. Each marker carries a tooltip with the exact volume and the strength of the surge as a multiple of average volume. A live dashboard is rendered in the top-right corner of the chart on every bar. The dashboard reports total buy-side liquidity, total sell-side liquidity, and the percentage split between them. It also shows the current imbalance — whether structural support or overhead resistance is dominant. The volume scanner section of the dashboard reports the cumulative bullish and bearish surge counts and identifies the dominant side. Heat Map & Volume Scanner works on every asset class supported by TradingView. It is most accurate on markets with reliable volume feeds — futures, equities, ETFs, and major crypto pairs. It also works on every timeframe, from one-minute charts up to monthly charts. Scalpers use it on 1m–5m to map intraday liquidity pockets and time entries into the brightest nodes. Day traders apply it on 5-minute to 1-hour charts to define session value areas and avoid trading into heavy overhead supply. Swing traders use it on 1-hour to daily charts to plan entries around structural high-volume nodes. Position traders use it on daily and weekly charts to track multi-month liquidity migration. The most common way to trade with this tool is to use the heat map as a structural map and the surge scanner as a participation filter. Long setups are taken when price retests a bright green band below and a bullish surge confirms participation. Short setups are taken when price rallies into a bright red band above and a bearish surge confirms rejection. The Point of Control is treated as a magnet — price tends to gravitate toward it and react sharply when it arrives. Low-volume gaps between bright bands tend to be traversed quickly and can be used as breakout targets. Heat Map & Volume Scanner is a structural and participation filter, not a complete trading system. It does not generate stand-alone buy or sell signals. For best results, always combine it with proper risk management. Also combine it with at least one independent directional tool such as a trend filter, momentum oscillator, or higher-timeframe bias.

Heat Map & Volume Scanner is designed for day traders, swing traders, and position traders across forex, stocks, crypto, indices, futures, and commodities who want to see exactly where liquidity is parked and when participation actually shows up. It suits intermediate traders who already understand the basics of support and resistance and want a more precise, volume-based map of where price is likely to react, and advanced traders who use volume profile, order-flow, or ICT-style concepts and want those structures rendered automatically on every chart. It works equally well for discretionary chart readers and as a structural filter inside automated or webhook-driven workflows.

Heat Map & Volume Scanner replaces the constant question “where is the real support and resistance?” with a single, unambiguous visual answer. Instead of drawing horizontal lines by eye and guessing whether a level matters, traders see the actual volume that has changed hands at every price — lit up in colour, ranked by intensity, and updated on every bar. The Point of Control is highlighted automatically, the buy-versus-sell imbalance is quantified in real time on the dashboard, and the Volume Momentum Scanner ensures that breakouts and rejections are only acted on when participation is genuinely there. This saves time, removes the guesswork from level-drawing, enforces the discipline of trading at high-conviction zones, and helps traders avoid the most common mistake in the market — buying into overhead supply or selling into structural support without realising it.

• • Liquidity mapping
• • Support and resistance identification
• • Volume profile analysis
• • Point of Control (POC) detection
• • High-volume node tracking
• • Low-volume gap identification
• • Buy-side and sell-side imbalance analysis
• • Volume surge detection
• • Breakout confirmation
• • Absorption and exhaustion spotting
• • Smart money footprint tracking
• • Order block validation
• • Entry and exit zone planning
• • Stop-loss placement around liquidity
• • Target setting at high-volume nodes
• • Multi-timeframe structural analysis
• • Market structure context
• • Trade confluence and confirmation
• • Scalping and intraday decision support
• • Swing and position trade structuring