Bookmap CVD: cumulative volume delta, three ways at once

Bookmap CVD (cumulative volume delta) is a free add-on that keeps a running total of aggressive buy volume minus aggressive sell volume, drawn as a line in a sub-chart. Rising means buyers are doing the lifting; falling means sellers are doing the hitting.

I run it three ways at once: one on five minutes, one over the chart range and one over the whole session. The fast line tells me who’s winning right now. The slow line tells me who’s been winning. When they disagree at a level, I wait.

Which plan: free on every tier, including the free Digital tier.

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What can you set on Bookmap’s CVD?

The + button adds another CVD line to the same symbol, each with its own range and reset points. That’s what makes the three-at-once setup possible. Indicator range picks the current chart range or the whole session. Reference points set when it restarts from zero, and Reset Now does it by hand.

You can filter by trade size (minimum and maximum), split buyers and sellers into separate lines, and keep zero centred or let the scale fit the range.

How I read cumulative volume delta on multiple timeframes

Price up, CVD up: the move is being paid for. Price up, CVD flat or down: either someone is lifting price without much aggression behind it, or a seller is absorbing everything thrown at them. At my level, that second picture is the one I want to see before a fade.

Fast and slow agreeing at my level is a green light. Fast and slow disagreeing is a yellow, and I treat yellows like a cautious driver, not a taxi driver.

Two days from the journal: The Model Trade and the One That Got Away With It, where Bookmap, time and sales and cumulative delta all pointed down on the first trade, and Six Minutes at Three O’Clock, where CVD and TickStrike were the confirmation for the day’s trades.

Settings worth knowing

• Add CVD indication (+): several CVD lines per symbol.
• Indicator range: current chart range or the whole session.
• Reference points: reset times and how often they repeat.
• Minimum and maximum accountable volume: count only trades in a size band.
• Split buyers/sellers: two lines instead of one net line.

Bookmap’s own CVD guide has the rest, with pictures.

My screen and settings

Questions people ask

Is Bookmap CVD free?

Yes. Bookmap’s guide says CVD is free for all users, and it’s on every tier, including Digital.

Why does my CVD disagree with another platform’s?

Different start points. CVD is cumulative from its reset, so a session CVD and a chart-range CVD on the same chart can point different ways. That isn’t a bug; it’s the reason to run more than one.

Can I leave out small trades?

Yes. Set a minimum (and maximum) accountable volume size and only trades in that band count.

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