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Market tape & CVD

The market tape is the raw feed of every trade as it prints - time, price, size, and which side was the aggressor. Cumulative volume delta (CVD) runs alongside it, summing buy volume minus sell volume so you can see aggressive pressure accumulating before it shows up in price.

Where: Tape & DOM panelsPanel: Tape
The market tape feed beside its CVD sparkline
The market tape feed beside its CVD sparkline

The tape

Section titled “The tape”

Every trade scrolls newest-first, coloured by aggressor - green when a buyer lifted the ask, red when a seller hit the bid.

The market tape columns - time, price, size, side/aggressor
The market tape columns - time, price, size, side/aggressor
ColumnWhat it shows
TimeWhen the trade printed
PriceThe execution price
SizeSize traded, in base coins
SideBuy or sell - the aggressor

CVD

Section titled “CVD”

CVD is the running total of buy-minus-sell volume. Rising CVD is net aggressive buying; falling CVD is net aggressive selling. It appears as a sparkline in the DOM ladder and tracks pressure over the recent tape.

The CVD sparkline in the DOM ladder, green positive / red negative
The CVD sparkline in the DOM ladder, green positive / red negative
Section titled “Related”