Chapter 4
DOM Heatmap
Read resting liquidity, executed trades and the price response together
What does it mean?
The DOM heatmap shows how resting bid and ask liquidity changes over time. Time runs horizontally and price vertically. Each coloured cell represents recorded order-book volume within a price band. Trade bubbles represent executed trades instead.
The current DOM screen is for BTC/USDT. Its combined book uses multiple sources; Execution Regions specifically analyse Binance BTCUSDT perpetual trades. These views do not have identical coverage.
The current DOM screen is for BTC/USDT. Its combined book uses multiple sources; Execution Regions specifically analyse Binance BTCUSDT perpetual trades. These views do not have identical coverage.
How do you read it in CloudCraft?
The top bar offers Focus (Odak), Order flow (İşlem akışı) and Liquidity (Likidite) presets. Step selects the width of price bands; History selects the time range to load. Hover over a trade and use the mouse wheel to zoom around it. Drag to inspect history; Live returns to the latest edge.
In the Indigo / Gold palette, brighter gold means more volume, not buy or sell direction. The Directional palette has different colour semantics. Book on the right shows resting liquidity; Volume shows executed volume by price. CVD below also uses executed trades.
In the Indigo / Gold palette, brighter gold means more volume, not buy or sell direction. The Directional palette has different colour semantics. Book on the right shows resting liquidity; Volume shows executed volume by price. CVD below also uses executed trades.
How do you use it?
First locate liquidity near the price. Then inspect whether trades occur there and whether the price advances, stalls or moves away. A bright band alone does not establish that the level will hold.
Example: a visible bid wall sits near 79,000. If sells execute while price remains in that area, possible absorption can be examined. A wall disappearing does not itself prove execution; orders may have been cancelled.
Example: a visible bid wall sits near 79,000. If sells execute while price remains in that area, possible absorption can be examined. A wall disappearing does not itself prove execution; orders may have been cancelled.
Key points
Sources may differ in spot/perpetual products, prices and depth coverage. The displayed spread references Binance's synchronised raw futures book, not the combined heatmap.
History cannot display detail finer than its recorded resolution. Zooming does not recover missing data. A source status dot does not guarantee complete historical coverage.
History cannot display detail finer than its recorded resolution. Zooming does not recover missing data. A source status dot does not guarantee complete historical coverage.
This content is for education and analysis only, not investment advice. Market tools offer probability and context, not certainty; the decision is the user responsibility.