ClearPath Trader

Net Volume

Signed volume for the bar (up-volume minus down-volume, or close-direction signed volume). A per-bar participation pulse, not full bid/ask delta unless the feed is aggressor-signed.

Category: Volume · Complexity: ★★★☆☆ (3/5)

Tags: volume, live-overlay, volume

Live chart overlay: NETVOL

Net Volume chart illustration

Formula

Net = up-volume − down-volume (or close-direction signed volume) for the bar

How to read

Positive net volume = more volume on up ticks/closes. Useful as a per-bar flow pulse.

Limitations

Definition varies by vendor. Not true order-flow delta unless the feed is bid/ask signed.

Typical settings

Per bar; optional cumulative

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