# Bid Ask volume chart histogram looking weird

**URL:** <https://community.tradovate.com/t/bid-ask-volume-chart-histogram-looking-weird/1983>\
**Category:** Traders Helping Traders\
**Created:** [April 12, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/bid-ask-volume-chart-histogram-looking-weird/1983 "2021-04-12T17:47:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![anubis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.tradovate.com/anubis/32/585_2.png) [@anubis](https://community.tradovate.com/u/anubis)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/bid-ask-volume-chart-histogram-looking-weird/1983/1 "2021-04-12T17:47:49Z")

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Not sure what is happening here but is not using the colors from the settings

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**Author:** ![BWeis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.tradovate.com/bweis/32/27_2.png) [@BWeis](https://community.tradovate.com/u/BWeis)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/bid-ask-volume-chart-histogram-looking-weird/1983/2 "2021-04-12T17:50:46Z")

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Does checking the “Opaque Volume” checkbox resolve the coloring as expected?

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**Author:** ![anubis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.tradovate.com/anubis/32/585_2.png) [@anubis](https://community.tradovate.com/u/anubis)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/bid-ask-volume-chart-histogram-looking-weird/1983/3 "2021-04-12T17:58:37Z")

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Kind of, but what does the option do?

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**Author:** ![BWeis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.tradovate.com/bweis/32/27_2.png) [@BWeis](https://community.tradovate.com/u/BWeis)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/bid-ask-volume-chart-histogram-looking-weird/1983/4 "2021-04-12T18:02:51Z")

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Will remove any gradient to the coloring of the bid-ask chart candle histograms