DOMINIUM USER MANUAL

1. Welcome to Dominium

A candle shows how price moved. The activity inside that candle reveals how volume was distributed along the way. Dominium brings that information together across a region you choose, allowing you to examine volume, buying and selling aggression, and the development of the distribution in one coordinated view.
At the center of the indicator is an adjustable rectangle. Its horizontal boundaries define the candles being studied; its vertical boundaries define the prices included. Within that selection, Dominium builds cumulative profiles, identifies bid/ask imbalances, traces the developing Point of Control and weighted-average price, and summarizes how volume and delta are distributed.
Each layer answers a different question:

• Volume: Where was trading concentrated?
• Delta: How did ask-side and bid-side activity differ at those prices?
• Imbalances: Where did one side exceed the other by the required ratio?
• Developing PoC and VWAP: How did the distribution evolve across the selected candles?
• Splitters: How is activity divided across a reference price?

The value of the display comes from reading these layers together. A large volume bar and a large delta bar describe different properties of the same region. An imbalance adds a ratio-based condition. A developing reference line adds the sequence through which the distribution formed.
This manual first explains that visual language, then covers the controls, settings, and calculation details needed to use it precisely. All behavior described here refers to Dominium v3.7.

2. Quick Start

2.1. Prepare the Chart

Once Dominium is installed in ATAS, add Flow Dynamics™ – Dominium v.3.7 from the Flow Dynamics™ indicator category.
Dominium reads bid and ask volume at individual price levels inside each candle. That underlying data must be available for the selected history. The chart also needs valid instrument tick-size information and at least two bars before the rectangle can initialize.
A footprint display can help you inspect the underlying numbers, but Dominium’s calculations depend on the available price-level data, rather than on whether those numbers are visibly printed inside the candles.

2.2. Establish Your View

The rectangle defines your analysis region. You can keep its right edge attached to the latest candle for a developing analysis or place it on an earlier candle to examine a historical period.
With the corresponding layers enabled, the display combines volume and delta profiles, horizontal imbalance bands, developing PoC and VWAP lines, distribution splitters, and numerical summaries.

1. Choose the region. Drag the rectangle’s edges or corners to select the candles and prices you want to examine.
2. Check the units. The statistics above the rectangle identify Base or Quote Currency and the active aggregation size.
3. Read the volume profile. Identify where the selected volume is concentrated.
4. Read delta alongside volume. Compare the amount traded with the difference between ask and bid volume.
5. Inspect the imbalance bands. These identify bins meeting the configured dominance, touch, stack, and optional filter requirements.
6. Follow the developing lines. Observe how the cumulative concentration and weighted-average price changed through the selection.

Change one setting at a time while learning the display so that each setting’s effect remains clear.

3. Understanding the Visual Language

3.1. Bid, Ask, and Delta

Dominium uses the bid/ask classification supplied by the chart. Ask volume represents activity recorded at the ask, conventionally associated with buyers lifting offers. Bid volume represents activity recorded at the bid, conventionally associated with sellers hitting bids.
Every transaction has both a buyer and a seller. The distinction here concerns the side initiating the execution, rather than the number of buyers versus sellers.
Volume = Ask + Bid
Delta = Ask − Bid
Positive delta means more volume was recorded at the ask than at the bid. Negative delta means more was recorded at the bid. A small net delta can coexist with substantial volume because a large amount of activity on each side can largely offset.
For example, a bin containing 600 ask and 400 bid has volume of 1,000 and delta of +200. A second bin containing 110 ask and 10 bid has volume of 120 and delta of +100. The first has more volume and a larger absolute delta; the second has a much stronger ask-to-bid ratio. Volume, delta, and imbalance therefore describe related but distinct properties.

3.2. The Volume Profile: Where Activity Accumulated

The volume profile organizes the selected activity by price. Each horizontal bar represents the volume within one price bin, accumulated across the selected candles. Longer bars indicate more volume; shorter bars indicate less.
This is a distribution of traded volume, not a direct measurement of time spent at price. A large bar can develop through repeated visits, concentrated activity during a shorter interval, or a combination of both.
The profile gives context to the other layers. It allows you to distinguish an imbalance within a heavily traded area from an imbalance within a relatively thin part of the same selection.

3.3. The Delta Profile: How the Two Sides Differed

The delta profile shows the magnitude of each bin’s net delta. Its positive and negative colors identify the sign. Both extend in the direction assigned to the profile’s placement; the sign is encoded by color, not by opposite bar directions.
Read delta alongside volume. A large volume bar with a short delta bar describes substantial activity with comparatively little net difference between the two sides. A prominent delta bar identifies a larger net difference. Neither observation alone establishes the reason for that activity or its subsequent effect on price.

3.4. Imbalance Bands: Where the Ratio Qualified

Imbalance bands highlight bins where cumulative ask volume or bid volume exceeds the opposing side by the configured ratio. Bullish bands identify ask-dominant imbalances; bearish bands identify bid-dominant imbalances.
Dominium compares the two sides within the same price bin. This is horizontal imbalance detection. It does not perform a diagonal comparison between ask volume at one price and bid volume at an adjacent price.
Each band extends across the rectangle because it describes the combined activity within that analysis window. Its width does not identify when the qualifying activity first occurred.

3.5. The Developing Lines: How the Distribution Formed

The completed profile summarizes the selected region. The developing lines add a chronological view.
The developing Point of Control follows the individual price with the greatest cumulative volume as each candle is added. A flat portion means the same price retained that position; a change means another price became the cumulative leader.
The developing VWAP follows the weighted-average price of the included activity. It provides a complementary view: PoC selects a maximum, while VWAP averages the distribution.
Both calculations begin at the rectangle’s left boundary and are restricted to its vertical price range. Their meaning therefore depends on the region you select.

4. Defining the Analysis Region

4.1. The Rectangle Is Part of the Analysis

Choosing the rectangle determines the question Dominium answers. A selection around a consolidation describes the combined activity within that consolidation. A selection beginning at a breakout includes the activity developing from that point forward. Restricting the height isolates a particular price region within the chosen candles.
Changing the selection changes the evidence being combined. The same price can qualify as an imbalance in one region and fail in another because additional candles contribute opposing volume or alter the filter averages.

4.2. Edges and Corners

Use the left mouse button to adjust the rectangle:

• Left and right edges: change the first and last included candles.
• Top and bottom edges: change the included price range.
• Four corners: adjust the adjoining candle and price boundaries together.

The cursor changes near a draggable boundary. Version 3.7 uses edge and corner controls; dragging the interior does not translate the entire rectangle.
On release, candle boundaries snap to chart bars and price boundaries snap to the tick grid. The selected candles’ high/low range can constrain the final vertical boundaries. Most analytical layers are temporarily hidden during rectangle resizing and return after recalculation.

4.3. Following the Latest Candle

Release the right edge on the latest candle to activate live tracking. As new candles appear, the right boundary advances with them. Move the right edge to an earlier candle to stop tracking.
The left boundary stays anchored. The selection therefore grows as new candles arrive; it does not maintain a fixed rolling candle count.

4.4. Following New Highs and Lows

After a boundary adjustment, an upper edge aligned with the selected candles’ highest high is eligible to track new highs. A lower edge aligned with their lowest low is eligible to track new lows.
While the right edge is at the latest candle, the current candle can expand either tracked boundary outward. The two boundaries operate independently. Moving one inside the range disables tracking for that boundary.
This behavior expands the selection when new extremes occur. It does not continuously contract the rectangle around recent activity.

4.5. Saving and Restoring the Region

Dominium provides saved-state fields for its boundary timestamps, prices, manual splitter position, and tracking states. When a valid saved selection is restored for the same instrument, its timestamps are matched to the nearest available bars.
A different timeframe, chart construction, or loaded history can change which bars are closest to those timestamps. Check the restored boundaries before comparing the new display with an earlier analysis.

5. Technical Settings

The Technicals tab contains five groups: Resolution, Profiles, Volumetric Filters, Imbalance Detection, and Markers. The following reference follows that structure.

5.1. Resolution

5.1.1. Auto Tick-Aggregation

Automatically chooses the number of ticks grouped into each profile bin. Dominium divides the rectangle’s tick-level span by its displayed height in pixels, rounds upward, and uses a minimum of one tick per bin.
This adapts the resolution to the available vertical space. A compressed price range can use larger bins; more vertical space can allow finer detail.
Automatic aggregation is part of the calculation, not merely a drawing adjustment. Zooming can change bin boundaries, net bin deltas, filter thresholds, and imbalance results. The statistics display the effective aggregation size.

5.1.2. Aggregation Size

Sets the bin size when automatic aggregation is disabled. The settings range is 1–1,000 ticks. A value of 1 analyzes individual tick levels; larger values combine neighboring levels.
Larger bins provide a broader view but can combine opposing activity. Positive delta at one price and negative delta at another may partially cancel when grouped together.
Dominium builds bins symmetrically inward from both ends of the selected price range. Any remainder is handled near the center, so central bins can differ from the requested size.
Use manual aggregation when you want a fixed resolution while changing chart zoom. Adjusting the price boundaries can still change the bin layout.

5.1.3. Volume Measured In

Base Currency uses the underlying quantities supplied by the chart. Quote Currency multiplies each price level’s quantity by its price before summing:

• Base volume: sum of Ask + Bid.
• Base delta: sum of Ask − Bid.
• Quote volume: sum of (Ask + Bid) × Price.
• Quote delta: sum of (Ask − Bid) × Price.

The choice affects profile values, totals, volumetric filters, split calculations, and the developing lines. Quote mode gives greater weight to equal quantities traded at higher prices.
The imbalance ratio itself always compares unweighted bid and ask quantities. However, unit-dependent volumetric filters can affect which imbalances remain visible when those filters are applied.
Unit precision: the Base quantity retains the unit supplied by the data source. Quote mode performs quantity × price without a separate contract-value multiplier or currency conversion. Its output should be interpreted according to the instrument’s units.

5.2. Profiles

5.2.1. Left Profile and Right Profile

The Left Profile extends outward to the left of the rectangle. The Right Profile extends inward to the right from the same left boundary. “Right” identifies the direction of extension; it does not place the profile at the rectangle’s right edge.
Each profile can independently use any of the following modes:

• Off: hides that profile.
• Volume Profile: displays total bin volume, scaled against the largest-volume bin.
• Delta Profile: displays absolute bin delta, with color identifying its sign.
• Δ × V: displays a composite proportional to delta multiplied by volume.
• Δ ÷ √V: displays delta divided by the square root of volume.

Δ × V gives greater visual emphasis to bins where volume and delta magnitude are both large. Δ ÷ √V reduces volume’s influence relative to that product. Each composite is normalized to its own largest absolute result within the selection and uses the positive/negative delta colors.
The composite profiles are alternative mathematical views of the same selected data. They are not probability or statistical-significance scores.

5.2.2. Max Bar Width (% of Box)

Sets the reference profile width as a percentage of the rectangle’s horizontal width, within a settings range of 1–50%. Volume bars and composite bars are scaled proportionally to their respective maximum values.
Ordinary delta bars use maximum bin volume as their scale. Their additional width multiplier can extend them beyond the reference percentage. Bars inside the rectangle are clipped to fit within its width.

5.2.3. Delta Profile Width Multiplier

Enlarges the ordinary Delta Profile without changing its values. The settings range is 1–10. This is useful when delta is small relative to the volume scale and the bars are difficult to distinguish.
The multiplier does not affect either composite profile, filter thresholds, or imbalance detection.

5.3. Volumetric Filters

Volumetric filters distinguish bins by their volume or delta magnitude relative to the selected distribution. Their results can dim profile bars, draw independent filtered-level bands, or restrict imbalance detection.
Those connections are controlled separately. Configuring a filter does not automatically activate all three effects.

5.3.1. Vol. Filtering and Delta Filtering

Vol. Filtering tests total bin volume. Delta Filtering tests the absolute value of each bin’s net delta, treating positive and negative deltas of equal magnitude equally.
The reference averages are:

• ATV: total volume divided by the total number of bins in the layout.
• ATD: the sum of absolute bin deltas divided by the total number of bins in the layout.

The denominator includes empty bins. Expanding the selected price range can therefore lower these averages even if no additional traded volume is included.
ATD is calculated after aggregation. Opposing price-level deltas can cancel within a bin before its absolute delta contributes to the average.

5.3.2. Filter Multipliers and Hi/Lo Modes

Vol. Filter Multiplier and Delta Filter Multiplier control their corresponding filters, each within a settings range of 0.1–10.
Let X be the bin value, A the relevant average, and M the multiplier:

• Off: every bin passes that criterion.
• Hi Filtering: passes when X ≥ A × M.
• Lo Filtering: passes when X ≤ A ÷ M.

For an average of 100, Hi Filtering with a multiplier of 2 keeps values of 200 or more. Lo Filtering with the same multiplier keeps values of 50 or less. Increasing the multiplier makes either of these modes more restrictive.
A Hi multiplier below 1 places the threshold below the average. “Hi” therefore does not necessarily mean above average; the multiplier establishes the actual threshold.

5.3.3. Bimodal Filtering

Bimodal Filtering changes behavior around a multiplier of 1:

• M greater than 1: keeps the extremes. A value passes when X ≤ A ÷ M or X ≥ A × M.
• M below 1: keeps the middle band. A value passes when A × M ≤ X ≤ A ÷ M.
• M equal to 1: every value passes.

For an average of 100 and multiplier of 2, values at or below 50 and at or above 200 pass. With a multiplier of 0.5, values from 50 through 200 pass instead. Threshold boundaries are included.
Choose a multiplier above 1 when the intention is to remove the middle and retain the low and high extremes.
If a filter’s average is zero or negative, that criterion passes bins automatically.

5.3.4. Dim Volume-Filtered Nodes

Recolors volume-profile bars rejected by the applicable filter result using the Dimmed Volume Profile color. The bars remain part of the distribution; their values are not removed from totals or calculations.

5.3.5. Dim Delta-Filtered Nodes

Applies the corresponding positive or negative dimmed color to rejected delta-profile bars. Like volume dimming, this is a visual distinction rather than a change to the data.

5.3.6. Serial Filtering

With Serial Filtering disabled, the ordinary Volume Profile responds to its volume-filter result and the ordinary Delta Profile responds to its delta-filter result.
With Serial Filtering enabled, a bin must pass both filters to retain its normal color wherever the relevant dimming option is enabled. Serial Filtering does not turn dimming on by itself.
Composite profiles respond to both enabled dimming options: a failure of either enabled criterion can dim the bar. Serial Filtering makes the combined pass/fail result available through either enabled dimming option.
This setting affects profile coloring. Imbalance gating and independent filtered-level overlays retain their own controls.

5.4. Imbalance Detection

5.4.1. Imbalance Ratio

Sets the required bid/ask dominance within a settings range of 1–10.
A bullish imbalance requires positive ask volume at least equal to the ratio multiplied by bid volume. A bearish imbalance requires positive bid volume at least equal to the ratio multiplied by ask volume.
At a ratio of 1.5, 150 ask against 100 bid qualifies as bullish; 100 ask against 150 bid qualifies as bearish. Raising the ratio requires a larger proportional difference between the two sides.
If one side is zero and the other is positive, the positive side satisfies the ratio condition. The bin must still meet the other enabled requirements.
At a ratio of exactly 1, equal positive bid and ask values satisfy the bullish condition first. Use a ratio above 1 when one side must strictly exceed the other.

5.4.2. Min. Stack

Requires a minimum run of adjacent qualifying bins with the same imbalance direction, within a settings range of 1–10. A value of 1 permits isolated bins; a value of 3 requires at least three consecutive same-direction bins.
A gap, a rejected bin, or a change of direction breaks the run. The setting counts price bins rather than candles, so its price span depends on aggregation.

5.4.3. Min. Candle Touch

Requires the bin to overlap the high-to-low ranges of a minimum number of distinct selected candles, within a settings range of 1–5. Each candle counts once per bin.
This adds a measure of how broadly the selected candles visited the price region. It does not require each visiting candle to show the same imbalance direction, and it does not independently verify nonzero traded volume from every counted candle within the bin.
If the requirement exceeds the selected candle count, no imbalance can pass. A warning appears in the upper statistics.

5.4.4. Apply Volume Filtering and Apply Delta Filtering

These switches connect the volumetric filters to imbalance detection. Enable Apply Volume Filtering to require a volume-filter pass, Apply Delta Filtering to require a delta-filter pass, or both to require both.
A rejected bin also breaks a potential stack. These controls can therefore remove individual candidates and prevent neighboring candidates from satisfying Min. Stack.

5.5. Markers

5.5.1. Show Developing PoC

Draws the cumulative Point of Control from the left boundary through the selected candles. At each step, Dominium selects the individual price with the highest accumulated volume in the active unit mode. A tie is resolved in favor of the higher price.
The calculation uses individual price levels rather than the aggregated profile bins. The developing PoC can therefore differ from the center of the longest visible profile bar.
Its line uses the Volume Profile Bars color and is thicker than the VWAP line.

5.5.2. Show VWAP

Draws the developing weighted-average price of the included activity:
Weighted-average price = sum of Price × Weight ÷ sum of Weight.
In Base Currency mode, the weight is the underlying volume. In Quote Currency mode, the weight is volume multiplied by price. Quote mode consequently calculates sum of Volume × Price² divided by sum of Volume × Price, which can differ from conventional base-volume VWAP.
Only prices inside the rectangle contribute. A narrow vertical selection produces an average for that selected price region, rather than for every trade since the left anchor.
The line uses Box Color. Both developing lines require at least two calculated points to draw a connecting path.

5.5.3. Volume Splitter

Places a horizontal reference near the halfway point of the selected volume distribution. It searches candidate tick boundaries for the closest cumulative-volume division.
This is a volume-weighted midpoint, which can differ from the rectangle’s geometric midpoint. An exact 50/50 split is not always possible because volume occurs at discrete prices.
The line uses Box Color.

5.5.4. Absolute Delta Splitter

Places a reference near the halfway point of the absolute-delta distribution. The calculation accumulates the magnitude of net delta at each individual price level, regardless of sign.
This is distinct from dividing the rectangle’s signed net delta. Positive and negative price-level deltas both contribute to the absolute-delta distribution.
The line uses the positive delta color when overall net delta is nonnegative and the negative delta color when it is negative. As with the Volume Splitter, the nearest available division may not be exactly equal.
Automatic splitter lines may be absent when insufficient price-level data or no drawable internal boundary is available.

5.5.5. Drag & Drop Splitter

Adds a movable horizontal line with a diamond handle at its center. Drag the handle vertically to choose a reference price, then release to snap to the tick grid.
The line remains constrained to the selected price range. Labels compare volume and delta above and below it. Those labels disappear during the drag and return on release.

5.5.6. Label Placement For Splitters

Positions the manual splitter’s labels at the Left, Center, or Right of the rectangle. It does not relocate the statistics at the rectangle’s outer edges.

5.5.7. Filtered Vol. Levels and Filtered Delta Levels

These switches draw horizontal bands across populated bins passing the corresponding filter. The relevant filter must be set to a mode other than Off.
The overlays operate independently of imbalance ratio, candle-touch requirements, and stack requirements. They also operate independently of one another: the volume overlay answers to the volume filter, and the delta overlay answers to the delta filter.
When both are enabled, a bin passing both receives both fills. Translucent colors make their overlap distinguishable. The associated color settings are named Significant Vol. Levels and Significant Delta Levels; “significant” here means passing the selected criterion, not necessarily high volume or statistical significance.

6. Reading the Statistics and Split Labels

6.1. The Region Summary

The upper statistics identify total volume, the active unit mode, the number of selected candles, the tick span, and the effective aggregation. This is the context for interpreting every other number.
Candles counts all bars between the horizontal boundaries, inclusive. A candle still counts even if it contributes no activity inside the selected vertical range.
Ticks describes the inclusive price-level span between the selected candles’ lowest and highest prices after clipping to the rectangle. It is not a count of trades, quote updates, or populated bins.
The lower statistics show bid volume, ask volume, and net delta. Bid and ask percentages use total rectangle volume as their denominator. The delta percentage is its absolute magnitude divided by total volume:
Delta percentage = |Delta| ÷ Total Volume × 100.
The delta value carries the sign; the accompanying percentage is nonnegative.

6.2. The Above/Below Comparison

6.2.1. Reference Price

The right-aligned labels divide the selected activity around the closing price of the rectangle’s rightmost included candle. If that candle is the latest chart candle, the reference updates with its price. For a historical selection, the reference is the close of that historical endpoint.
The manual splitter provides the same comparison around the price chosen with its handle.

6.2.2. Label Definitions

• ↑V: volume strictly above the reference.
• ↓V: volume at or below the reference.
• ↑Δ: signed net delta strictly above the reference.
• ↓Δ: signed net delta at or below the reference.
• ↑Δ/V and ↓Δ/V: each side’s absolute delta divided by total rectangle volume.

Activity exactly at the reference price belongs to the lower side. It is not excluded.
The side percentages use the entire rectangle’s volume, not each side’s own volume. This keeps both sides on a common denominator.

6.2.3. Worked Example

Suppose the rectangle contains total volume of 10,000. Above the reference price, volume is 4,000 and delta is −800. At or below it, volume is 6,000 and delta is +1,200.

• The upper labels report 40% of volume, delta of −800, and Δ/V of 8%.
• The lower labels report 60% of volume, delta of +1,200, and Δ/V of 12%.
• The rectangle’s net delta is +400, or 4% of total volume.

6.3. Number Formatting

Dominium abbreviates thousands as K, millions as M, and billions as B. Volume values use up to two decimal places; percentages use up to one. Small apparent differences between displayed sums can result from rounding.

7. Appearance and Absorption Coloring

7.1. General Appearance

The Visualization tab controls the visual presentation without changing the selected data.

• Box Color: controls the rectangle border and is also used by VWAP, the Volume Splitter, the manual splitter and handle, and the upper statistics.
• Font Name: selects the typeface used for the on-chart text.
• Font Size: controls the size of statistics and split labels.

Allow space above and below the rectangle for its statistics and to the left for the external profile. Font size and profile width can be adjusted to suit the available chart space.

7.2. Profile Colors

Volume Profile Bars, Delta Profile (+) Bars, and Delta Profile (−) Bars each have a normal color and a corresponding dimmed color. These pairs distinguish bins that pass or fail the enabled visual filter criteria.
The colors also connect related parts of the display. The developing PoC uses the volume-profile color. Ask statistics use the positive delta color, bid statistics use the negative delta color, and signed delta labels use the color matching their sign.

7.3. Imbalance Colors

Bullish Imbalance, Bearish Imbalance, Bullish Absorption, and Bearish Absorption can each be customized independently.
Use distinct directional colors and suitable transparency so the bands remain readable alongside the candles, profiles, and filtered levels.

7.4. Absorption Color-Flip

7.4.1. Color Rules

Absorption Color-Flip compares an existing imbalance with the latest chart price. It changes the band’s presentation when price is entirely beyond it in the direction opposing the original imbalance:

• A bullish imbalance entirely above the latest price receives the Bearish Absorption color.
• A bearish imbalance entirely below the latest price receives the Bullish Absorption color.
• Otherwise, the original imbalance color is retained.

The comparisons are strict. Price equal to the relevant bin boundary does not trigger a flip.

7.4.2. Interpretation

The relationship can help you examine where recorded aggression sits relative to current price. The underlying imbalance calculation remains unchanged, and the color can revert when price changes.
The feature uses a price-position rule. It does not independently detect resting-order replenishment or prove that a particular passive participant absorbed the aggressive activity.

7.4.3. Historical Selections

Absorption coloring always refers to the latest chart candle’s closing price, even if that candle is outside the rectangle. This differs from the right-aligned split statistics, which refer to the rectangle’s selected endpoint.

7.5. Filtered-Level Colors

Significant Vol. Levels and Significant Delta Levels control the two independent filtered-level fills. Translucency allows bins passing both filters to receive a visibly combined appearance.
Filtered levels are drawn before imbalance bands, so overlapping layers can change the final appearance. Keep the filtered-level fills translucent if you want to preserve that visual distinction.

8. Practical Workflows

8.1. Understanding a Consolidation

Select the candles forming the consolidation and include its full price range. Begin with the volume profile to see how participation was distributed, then inspect delta at the same prices.
A volume concentration with relatively small delta describes substantial two-sided activity in aggregate. A concentration with larger signed delta shows a greater difference between ask and bid volume. Imbalance bands identify where that difference also satisfies the configured ratio and qualification rules.
Use the developing PoC and VWAP to inspect how the distribution formed. Did the leading volume price remain stable, or did it move as additional candles entered the calculation? Did the average move while the PoC stayed fixed? These are distinct observations that the final profile alone cannot show.

8.2. Following Activity from a Chosen Event

Place the left boundary at the candle from which you want to accumulate activity and put the right boundary on the latest candle. The region will grow from that anchor.
If you want the full developing range, align the upper and lower boundaries with the selected high and low so they can expand with new extremes. If you want to examine a fixed price area, keep the vertical boundaries at that area instead.
Remember that expanding a tracked price range can change earlier developing-line values: the calculation now admits prices previously outside the selection.

8.3. Separating Ratio from Participation

A high imbalance ratio can occur on small quantities. If your question also requires substantial participation, configure Hi Filtering and apply the volume criterion to imbalance detection.
If the question concerns larger net directional differences, configure Delta Filtering and apply that criterion. Enable both Apply switches when a candidate must satisfy both requirements.
Profile dimming and standalone filtered levels let you inspect those criteria before connecting them to imbalance detection. This makes it easier to see whether a filter is selecting the intended parts of the distribution.

8.4. Exploring Low-Activity Areas and Extremes

Lo Filtering selects values beneath a relative ceiling. Bimodal Filtering with a multiplier above 1 selects both low and high extremes. These provide different views of the selected distribution.
Use Filtered Vol. Levels or Filtered Delta Levels to display the result independently of imbalances. A low-activity band identifies a region meeting that numerical criterion; whether it corresponds to rejection, a rapid traversal, or another market sequence requires inspection of the price action and underlying data.

8.5. Comparing Two Sides of a Price

Enable the manual splitter and place it at the price you want to examine. Compare the share of volume and signed delta above and below it.
This is particularly useful when the overall delta conceals opposing regional contributions. A small positive total can consist of a larger positive contribution on one side and a substantial negative contribution on the other. The splitter exposes that composition.

8.6. Making Consistent Historical Comparisons

For comparisons between selected periods, use the same volume unit, manual aggregation size, and filter settings. Check the candle and price boundaries carefully, since each selection defines its own distribution and relative filter averages.
Disable Absorption Color-Flip when you want the colors to describe the original imbalance direction without reference to the latest chart price.

9. Troubleshooting

9.1. The Rectangle Appears, but the Analysis Is Empty

Confirm that bid/ask price-level data is available for the selected history and that the rectangle includes prices with recorded volume. Check that the relevant profiles are enabled and release any active rectangle drag.
The statistics are not drawn when calculated total volume is zero or negative. Missing historical price-level data cannot be reconstructed from candle OHLC values alone.

9.2. No Imbalances Are Visible

Inspect the qualification settings in sequence: Imbalance Ratio, Min. Candle Touch, Min. Stack, then the two Apply Filtering switches. A bin must satisfy every applicable condition.
Temporarily reducing the stack and touch requirements and disabling imbalance filter gating can help identify which condition is excluding candidates. Also review aggregation, since combining prices can offset the differences that existed at individual levels.

9.3. Changing a Filter Does Nothing

Check how the filter is connected. Its effect appears through profile dimming, standalone filtered levels, or imbalance gating. If none of those is enabled, changing the filter may produce no visible change.
Also check for Off mode or Bimodal Filtering with a multiplier of 1, both of which pass all bins.

9.4. Bimodal Filtering Keeps the Middle Instead of the Extremes

The multiplier is below 1. Use a multiplier above 1 to retain the two extremes.

9.5. Zooming Changes the Bands

Auto Tick-Aggregation can change the calculation’s bin size when the rectangle’s displayed height changes. Disable it and select a fixed Aggregation Size when you need zoom-independent resolution.

9.6. The Delta Profile Is Difficult to See

Ordinary delta bars are scaled against maximum bin volume. Increase Delta Profile Width Multiplier to enlarge them without changing the calculations.

9.7. The Developing PoC Does Not Match the Widest Profile Bar

The developing PoC selects an individual price. The visible profile may combine several prices into each bin. A group of prices can have the greatest combined volume without containing the individual price that leads the PoC calculation.

9.8. VWAP Differs from Another Indicator

Compare the starting anchor, included price range, volume units, and available data. Dominium limits VWAP to the rectangle and uses price-weighted volume in Quote Currency mode.

9.9. Historical Bands Change Color as Current Price Moves

Absorption Color-Flip uses the latest chart price even for historical selections. Disable it to retain the original imbalance-direction palette.

9.10. The Rectangle Keeps Growing

The right edge is tracking the latest candle, or the vertical boundaries are tracking new extremes. Move the right edge to a historical candle for a fixed endpoint, or place the vertical boundaries inside the range to disable their respective high/low tracking.

9.11. Text Overlaps or Disappears Near the Chart Edges

Provide more space around the rectangle, reduce Font Size, or reposition the manual splitter’s labels. Statistics drawn outside the rectangle can be clipped by the chart’s visible boundaries.

10. Calculation Notes and Scope

10.1. Bin-Based and Price-Level Calculations

Profiles, volumetric filters, filtered-level overlays, imbalance detection, and stack qualification use the current aggregated bin layout.
Region totals, above/below statistics, automatic distribution splitters, and developing PoC/VWAP use the underlying individual price-level data within the selection. Changing aggregation can therefore alter filter and imbalance results without changing total volume or net delta.

10.2. What Updates the Display

The display reflects the current selection and available data. It can change as the live candle develops, the tracked region expands, settings change, or chart history is recalculated. Automatic aggregation can also change results with zoom, and absorption colors can change with the latest price.
Changing the vertical range recalculates which prices belong in the analysis, including earlier portions of the developing paths. The resulting display should be read as an analysis of the current region, not as an immutable record of what was visible at each earlier candle.

10.3. Reading Aggregate Bands Historically

An imbalance band is calculated from the combined activity currently selected and drawn across that region. It does not establish that the imbalance was already present at the region’s first candle or remained qualified throughout its duration.
For a chronological comparison, evaluate selections ending at the points you want to study rather than treating a completed region’s bands as earlier signals.

10.4. Purpose and Boundaries

Dominium v3.7 is a visual analysis indicator. It does not place orders, manage positions, provide automated entries or exits, or generate alert notifications.
Its role is to make the selected activity legible: where volume accumulated, how bid and ask quantities differed, which bins met your criteria, and how the distribution developed. The rectangle defines the context; the settings define the resolution and qualifications; the coordinated display lets you examine the result.