# Footprint Charts **URL:** \ **Category:** Trader Desktop\ **Created:** [May 15, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110 "2020-05-15T15:41:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wallstreet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.tradovate.com/wallstreet/32/551_2.png) [@wallstreet](https://community.tradovate.com/u/wallstreet)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/1 "2020-05-15T15:41:54Z")
need something different in the Bid-Ask charts. in some situations the scale has to be extremely wide to see volume numbers. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/2 "2020-05-15T15:49:34Z")
One idea we’ve discussed would be some volume number aggregation based on your price axis scale zoom level. Would that be like what you had in mind? ---
**Author:** ![wallstreet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.tradovate.com/wallstreet/32/551_2.png) [@wallstreet](https://community.tradovate.com/u/wallstreet)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/3 "2020-05-15T18:56:33Z")
yeah, that would work, but takes away detail. there’s edge in nuance. its difficult because you’re limited by how small a person can see. what about a color gradient? i duuno ---
**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:** [May 15, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/4 "2020-05-15T19:10:38Z")
When the real estate is too tight to display the numbers at a size you would be able to read, we do allow the user to display a gradient histogram today: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/tradingforum/original/1X/dc09e0421dedda173e3a2d7edf1701b125023f05.png) The size and gradient can either be based on the volumes in the individual bar, or the volume in the whole bar series you have in your chart ---
**Author:** ![wallstreet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.tradovate.com/wallstreet/32/551_2.png) [@wallstreet](https://community.tradovate.com/u/wallstreet)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/6 "2020-05-18T16:12:20Z")
well why is the font so small at this scale? just need to be fine tuned maybe. ![tradovate](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/tradingforum/original/1X/5ebcc9a26ceedc7f5ee83f701ad7e405a9ff612f.png) ---
**Author:** ![BZF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a587f6/32.png) [@BZF](https://community.tradovate.com/u/BZF)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/7 "2020-06-02T04:40:41Z")
Like it was mentioned, it would be very nice to tweak these bar charts so that they scale better. Especially during high volatility when I try to zoom in, all the numbers just disappear and when zooming just a bit out, the fonts are way too small and if I zoom even more the chart turns itself to a candlestick chart and it can be very frustrating. Here is an example of an empty view: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/tradingforum/original/1X/394db151612fe5f188562e6285142f32e0cf6bc5.png) ---
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/8 "2020-06-02T14:06:26Z")
@BZF Do you have your chart set to “Continuously Autofit Chart = Yes”? ---
**Author:** ![wallstreet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.tradovate.com/wallstreet/32/551_2.png) [@wallstreet](https://community.tradovate.com/u/wallstreet)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/9 "2020-06-02T14:43:45Z")
this is what we need. ![footprint](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/tradingforum/original/1X/620ee220c9f8f47df7dd89119e54caa54a788e76.png) ---
**Author:** ![BZF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a587f6/32.png) [@BZF](https://community.tradovate.com/u/BZF)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/10 "2020-06-04T14:50:34Z")
That’s a good point @BWeis and I’ve tried both Autofit Chart and Go to Current Bar and at best it works randomly. Mostly not working though… Here’s another example with a 10 range bar chart. This time zoomed out a bit. I kept the tails and wicks visible to illustrate the issue better. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/tradingforum/original/1X/bb3187431e103df0fd4f82a2ce4b47640d98b8f6.png) ---
**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:** [June 4, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/11 "2020-06-04T14:59:44Z")
> [@BZF](#): > > I’ve tried both Autofit Chart and Go to Current Bar and at best it works randomly. Mostly not working though… What do you have this option set to? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/tradingforum/original/1X/8f6510bf432e602b64374b8f58ef952f7bb6a388.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/tradingforum/original/1X/9394f03528d8a93e306330e39dd4469d84bedad1.png) ---
**Author:** ![BZF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a587f6/32.png) [@BZF](https://community.tradovate.com/u/BZF)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/12 "2020-06-04T15:17:42Z")
I thought you were referring to the Autofit Chart. Now that I turned it on, it looks better when I zoom in. And when I zoom out then it’s the same as before. So much better though now. And I guess this is fine since that’s the purpose of this chart; it allows you to zoom into the details of the action. Thanks for the tip Brian. 👍 Slightly zoomed in: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/tradingforum/original/1X/d6556cfc25f67fd9e44b286a59776f2e37eb606d.png) ---
**Author:** ![corteman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@corteman](https://community.tradovate.com/u/corteman)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/13 "2022-04-05T17:38:28Z")
Hi, I am new to Tradovate and I have been trying to get the Bid Ask chart to zoom in on past bars but it keeps refitting itself. It doesn’t matter if I have continuous auto fit on or off. Every time I get close enough to see the data, it goes back to display the histogram. ---
**Author:** ![erfotx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@erfotx](https://community.tradovate.com/u/erfotx)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/14 "2022-11-02T20:47:35Z")
removing Continuous Autofit doesn’t solve this problem. is there a way to fix this from re-fitting? i understand that that real estate can be tight, but if I zoom in, i should be able to see the bid-ask data. i often have to pan to an area of the chart where candles are not large, and then pan back to the current bar. but even still that doesn’t consistent work. if continuous autofit is off, it seems the chart layout always wants to re-fit the current bar no matter the selection. can we get this fixed? ---
**Author:** ![NorCalKyle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.tradovate.com/norcalkyle/32/2333_2.png) [@NorCalKyle](https://community.tradovate.com/u/NorCalKyle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/15 "2023-01-27T18:17:31Z")
Is it possible to keep the candles visible when scale is zoomed out, even when the numbers are not visible? I would like to be able to see the open and close and wicks on the footprint charts at any scale. Or be able to have a volume profile generated for each bar on a candlestick chart, without having to draw one. ---
**Author:** ![NorCalKyle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.tradovate.com/norcalkyle/32/2333_2.png) [@NorCalKyle](https://community.tradovate.com/u/NorCalKyle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/footprint-charts/110/16 "2023-01-27T18:19:06Z")
Can the candles still be visible in this mode? I would like to see the open and close of each bar in addition to the histogram when zoomed out. Thanks