The last hour of the US cash session, 3:00 to 4:00 PM ET, runs on different order flow than the morning. This guide covers what changes, three setups worth testing in a journal, and the timing mistakes that cost the most.

A footprint chart splits each candle's volume into trades at the bid and trades at the ask at every price. Here is how delta, divergence and imbalances are calculated, what they can and cannot tell you, and how to test them at your levels.

Imbalance shows where aggressive buyers or sellers dominated at a price, which a candlestick hides. This guide covers footprint and delta basics, how imbalance ratios are calculated, stacked imbalance, absorption and exhaustion, and how to test what you see before risking money.

A footprint chart shows the contracts traded at each price inside every bar, split by bid and ask. This guide explains volume delta, imbalances and absorption with worked numbers, plus the data requirements and the limits of reading them at ES and NQ reference levels.

The last hour of the US cash session has different volume, different order flow and different risks than the morning. Here is what changes, what the closing imbalance data can and cannot tell you, and how to decide in advance whether to trade it at all.

Order flow shows who traded aggressively at each price, which a candlestick hides. Learn delta, footprint charts, absorption and the depth of market, along with the limits of each tool and a way to practice before risking money.