What is delta in order flow?

Delta is aggressive buying minus aggressive selling within a bar or window — positive means more buying at the ask, negative means more selling at the bid. It shows the intent behind a move that price alone doesn't reveal.

What is cumulative delta?

Cumulative delta is the running sum of per-bar delta across a session. It tracks the trend of buyer vs. seller aggression — and divergences between it and price are often where the interesting questions are.

How is ScalperIQ's delta different from a plain delta histogram?

Rather than a separate histogram you have to glance away to read, ScalperIQ blends delta into the candles themselves and adds context — zones where it deviated, flips where it reversed, and absorption where it stalled. It's a lens on the auction, not a directional signal.

Which platforms does it work with?

ScalperIQ is a plugin for MotiveWave, EdgeProX, and NinjaTrader 8. You'll need one of these platforms installed to run the studies.

Do I need a credit card to start a free trial?

No. The 14-day trial requires no payment information. You'll only enter payment details if you choose to subscribe after the trial ends.

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Cumulative delta, flips, and absorption — visualized live on your charts. For NinjaTrader 8, MotiveWave, and EdgeProX.

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Delta is the net of aggressive buying versus aggressive selling behind each move. ScalperIQ's Delta Flow study blends cumulative and directional delta into candle coloring and zones, so you can read buyer/seller aggression — and the moment it flips — straight off the chart instead of a separate sub-window.

Delta Flow

Cumulative and directional delta blended into candle coloring, so aggression is visible bar by bar without a separate pane.

IQBoost Blend

Weights directional and raw delta together, tuning sensitivity to trend strength so the read holds up in chop and in runs.

Zones & Flips

Marks where delta deviated hard, and flags the zero-crossing flips that often precede a control shift.

Absorption & Exhaustion

Surfaces where resting orders soak up aggression, and when a delta-driven move starts to cool off.

When does a trend become a turn?

Candle coloring shifts with aggression and volume in real time — so you see the moment control changes hands, not three bars later.

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Where should you be watching on a pullback?

Zones appear where delta and volume actually spiked — no hand-drawn levels, just where the pressure was.

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How do you know a move is losing strength?

Exhaustion markers appear when a move starts cooling off — often before it shows up in price.

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How do you know a move is losing strength?

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