Here is what each CarnageFlow indicator shows and how you use it. They are inspired by orderflow and adapted to TradingView data, and every one runs right on your TradingView chart. Tap any chart to see it full size.
See who is aggressive and where the big volume is hitting.
01Volume · Absorption
Volume Bubbles [Carnage]
Heavy volume shows up as bubbles right on your candles, and the bigger the bubble, the more volume traded there. When big volume hits a price and the market refuses to push through, it gets marked as absorption with a ring and a level line.
How You Use It
Treat absorption levels as reversal areas, because someone large is defending that price.
Big bubbles at the end of a long push often mean the move is running out of fuel.
Use the absorption line as your entry area on the retest and keep your stop just past it.
Filled bubble = heavy volumeRing and line = absorption
02Orderflow
Footprint [Carnage]
Opens up every candle so you can see the volume traded at each price inside it. Delta and total volume print under each bar, so you know whether buyers or sellers were the aggressive side.
How You Use It
Look for heavy volume stuck at the top or bottom of a candle, which shows where traders got trapped.
A new high with negative delta is a warning that buyers are running out.
Use it on the 1m or 5m when you want to confirm an entry at a level.
Red = sellers in controlNumbers under bar = delta and volume
03Delta
CVD [Carnage]
Cumulative volume delta in its own pane with a signal line. It tracks whether buyers or sellers have been more aggressive over the session and flags A+ divergences when price and delta stop agreeing.
How You Use It
When price and CVD rise together, buyers are backing the move.
A+ divergence at a high or low is an early sign the move is weakening.
Pair it with a level from the profiles so you are not trading the divergence alone.
Red fill = sellers in controlA+ Div = price and delta disagree
04Imbalance
Stacked Imbalances [Carnage]
Marks prices where buyers or sellers beat the other side 300% at three or more prices in a row. Each stack gets graded A+, A or B, and a table tracks how often they held on the first retest.
How You Use It
Buy stacks act as support and sell stacks act as resistance when price comes back.
Favor A+ stacks, because they have the most rows or the strongest ratio.
Check the hold rate in the table to see how reliable the stacks have been.
Draw it over any range and you see exactly where volume traded, with the POC and value area marked for you. The left side splits every price into buyers and sellers, so you know who was in control at each level.
How You Use It
Use the POC as a magnet, because price often comes back to the most traded price.
Watch the value area high and low for rejections or clean breaks.
Draw it over the last impulse to find where that move was built.
POC = most traded priceVAH to VAL = value areaLeft side = buyers vs sellers
06Volume Profile
Period Profile [Carnage]
Builds a new profile for every day, week or custom period, and carries each POC forward as a level so the old ones stay on your chart.
How You Use It
Use the prior session POC and value area as your levels for today.
An untested POC from an earlier session is a common target.
Compare one period to the next to see if value is moving up or down.
One profile per periodPOC carried forward
07Volume Profile
Stacked VP Nodes [Carnage]
Finds the volume nodes that line up across the monthly, weekly and daily profiles, and labels each one with the timeframes it shows up on and a grade.
How You Use It
The more timeframes a node shows up on, the more weight you give it.
Use them as the big picture levels you plan the day around.
Expect price to slow down or react when it reaches a stacked node.
M / W / D = timeframes that agreeA+ = strongest node
08Volume
High Volume Nodes [Carnage]
The zones where the most volume built up, graded A+, A or B so you know which ones matter. These are the prices the market accepted and spent the most time at.
How You Use It
Expect price to slow down and rotate inside a high volume node.
A+ nodes are the ones most likely to hold on a retest.
Use them as targets when price is moving away from a thin area.
Gray zones = high volume nodesGraded A+, A or B
09Volume
Low Volume Nodes [Carnage]
The thin spots in the profile where very little traded. Price tends to move fast through them and react hard at them, and each one is graded A or B.
How You Use It
Look for rejections at a low volume node, since the market did not accept that price before.
When price breaks into one, expect a fast move to the next high volume area.
Retests of a low volume node make clean entries with tight risk.
Thin zones = low volume nodesGraded A or B
/// Liquidity and Levels
Map out where price is likely to react before it gets there.
10Liquidity
Liquidity Heatmap [Carnage]
Maps where resting liquidity is stacked across the chart, and the brighter the line, the heavier the liquidity. It is built from TradingView data to show where the market is most likely to react.
How You Use It
Expect price to hold or stall at the brightest levels.
When a heavy level breaks, price often runs to the next one.
Use the next heavy level as your target so you know where the move may stop.
Red = resting liquidityBright white = heaviest levels
11Reversal
Reversal Zones [Carnage]
Combines high volume nodes with VWAP standard deviation bands to mark the zones where price is most likely to turn. Red zones sit above price as resistance and gray zones sit below as support.
How You Use It
Look for reversals when price reaches a zone while it is stretched from VWAP.
Zones that line up with a profile level carry the most weight.
Place your stop just past the zone, because a clean break means the idea is wrong.
Red zones = resistanceGray zones = support
12VWAP
VWAP STDV [Carnage]
Session VWAP with the 2nd and 3rd standard deviation bands shaded as a cloud, reset every session, so you can see right away when price is stretched too far from fair value.
How You Use It
Price in the outer bands is stretched, so look for mean reversion back toward VWAP.
Holding above VWAP favors longs and holding below favors shorts.
The stretched label tells you when price has pushed into the bands.
