Maps

Maps are an on-chart context layer in Trade. Use them to inspect concentrated activity around current price, then zoom in or open a detailed level breakdown where needed.

Where You Find Maps

Maps are available from the chart in Trade.

Depending on the mode, you may see:

Depending on the current mode, the menu can show the Map selector with None, SL / TP, Order Book, Liquidations, and Combined, along with controls such as Show size on hover, Bar opacity, Colors, Min size, and Precision.

How to Read Maps

Use Maps as a depth-style context layer around price.

What hover can show:

Depending on the mode, hover can show the notional quantity at the selected level, its USD value, the number of contributing positions or levels, and the cumulative amount around that level.

How to inspect a level:

In SL / TP, Order Book, and Liquidations, open the detailed breakdown for a price area by right-clicking over a map band and choosing Inspect map (the menu item shows the price under the cursor). The detail table can be sorted directly in the map view, which makes it easier to inspect an individual level and then compare it back against the chart context. Combined is a synthesized view, so it does not open a bucket-level detail table.

How to read intensity:

Stronger colour intensity indicates that more size is concentrated at that level. This is especially useful in Liquidations, where intensity shows where more size sits to be liquidated. In Combined, brighter bands mean one side has clearly won that price bucket, while faint bands usually mean the area is more contested.

SL / TP Map

Use the SL / TP map to inspect where stop-loss and take-profit levels are concentrated around current price.

What It Shows

The SL / TP map highlights clusters of stop-loss and take-profit levels above and below market.

Why Traders Use It

Traders use the SL / TP map to see where protective exits or profit-taking may cluster, to compare whether one side looks more concentrated than the other, and to inspect specific levels more closely when price approaches them.

What to Look For

Look for clusters above and below current price, watch whether one side is more concentrated than the other, and use the detailed level view to judge whether stop-loss or take-profit concentration is unusually heavy in a narrow area.

Grouping and level inspection

Levels can be opened individually with a double-click. In the detailed view, the Group control can be used to aggregate multiple entries by wallet when that control is available, and the detailed table can be sorted directly in the map view.

Order Book Map

Use the Order Book map to inspect displayed bids and asks around current price.

What It Shows

The Order Book map highlights where displayed bid-side and ask-side interest is concentrated around price.

Why Traders Use It

Traders use the Order Book map to see where displayed bids and asks thicken or thin, compare bid-side and ask-side depth near current price, judge whether nearby displayed size supports a more passive or more aggressive execution plan, inspect possible accumulation or distribution areas, and watch for possible spoofing-style displayed liquidity such as large bids or asks that disappear before they are filled.

What to Look For

Look at whether bids or asks dominate nearby levels, whether displayed depth is concentrated at a few prices or distributed across a wider range, whether a large cumulative amount is building at a specific level, and whether large displayed bids or asks are repeatedly removed before fill.

Grouping and level inspection

Levels can be opened individually with a double-click. In the detailed view, the Group control can be used to aggregate multiple entries by wallet when that control is available, and the detailed table can be sorted directly in the map view.

Liquidations Map

Use the Liquidations map to inspect concentrated projected liquidation zones near current price.

What It Shows

The Liquidations map highlights clusters of projected liquidation zones above and below market.

Why Traders Use It

Traders use the Liquidations map to see where liquidation clusters are denser, identify levels where forced unwinds could matter more if price moves into them, inspect which wallets could potentially be liquidated at specific levels, and judge whether an isolated position may be fully liquidated if price reaches that level.

What to Look For

Look for stronger colour intensity, which means more size is concentrated at that level, and ask whether the cluster sits close enough to current price to matter to your trade. The detailed level view is useful for checking whether a zone is dominated by one side, one leverage profile, or one margin mode.

Level inspection

Levels can be opened individually with a double-click, and the detailed table can be sorted directly in the map view. Use the detailed view to inspect the level structure more closely before bringing that context back into the chart.

Combined Map

Use the Combined map when you want one signed view of pressure at each price instead of flipping between separate maps.

What It Shows

The Combined map merges three sources into a single net view for every price bucket. Positive or green pressure includes resting bids in the order book, trigger-side buy flow from SL / TP orders, and short liquidations, which become forced buys when price pushes up into them. Negative or red pressure includes resting asks, trigger-side sell flow from SL / TP orders, and long liquidations, which become forced sells when price pushes down into them.

Each bucket is netted in USD, and the bucket is drawn on the side that wins after all three sources are summed together.

That means a level with visible bids can still render red if larger bearish pressure sits in the same bucket, and a level with visible asks can still render green if bullish pressure dominates instead. Contested levels stay faint.

Why Traders Use It

Traders use Combined to read local support and resistance pressure in one view, compare displayed liquidity, trigger-order flow, and liquidation pressure without switching map modes, see whether a move into a level is more likely to be absorbed or accelerated, and judge whether a breakout or breakdown has stacked follow-through behind it.

What to Look For

Bright green buckets above price can suggest an area where buy pressure would dominate if price trades into it. Bright red buckets below price can suggest an area where sell pressure would dominate if price trades into it. Faint or alternating buckets usually mean the zone is contested rather than cleanly one-sided. The bars show where local pressure sits, but the cumulative curve shows how that pressure stacks from current price outward.

Cumulative Pressure Curve

Along the right edge of the map, Combined adds a cumulative pressure curve.

The curve sums the same signed pressure from the current mid price outward to each bucket. A green lean means net buy pressure dominates across that path, while a red lean means net sell pressure dominates. This answers a different question from the bars alone: if price moves from here to there, does the stacked flow help the move or fight it. Use the bars to identify where the nearest walls are, and use the curve to judge how those walls stack across the whole path.

Hover and inspection

Hover shows the net buy or sell pressure for the bucket in USD, and it also shows the signed cumulative net pressure from mid price to that bucket. Combined does not support double-click bucket inspection, because it is synthesized from multiple feeds rather than one inspectable order-level source.

Example reading

A thin red pocket just above price followed by large green pressure higher up can signal that a breakout may squeeze once nearby sell pressure is cleared. A heavy red shelf below price with little green support underneath can signal a more fragile floor if that area breaks. Mixed bars with a flatter cumulative curve usually point to chop rather than a clean directional setup.

Practical Workflow

Start by selecting the map, then hover the levels that stand out so you can compare notional quantity, USD value, cumulative amount, and position count. In SL / TP, Order Book, and Liquidations, double-click the most relevant band to open the detailed breakdown and sort the table by the field that matters most to your read. In Combined, compare the bucket colour with the cumulative curve before deciding whether the path looks supportive, resistant, or mixed. Then bring that context back into the chart, order book, and order decision.

Maps are context, not a standalone signal. Use them together with the chart, order book, recent trades, and your risk plan.