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CUM S. TRADES Q.: cumulative count of buys minus sells

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FreeCOIN · Trades
Goal

Cover CUM S. TRADES Q. — the cumulative difference between the number of buys and the number of sells.

CUM S. TRADES Q. on BTC/USDT: the cumulative difference between the number of buys and the number of sells from a chosen moment
CUM S. TRADES Q. on BTC/USDT: the cumulative difference between the number of buys and the number of sells from a chosen moment
What it shows

Cumulative difference number of buys − number of sells from Start Time. In trade counts, not in money.

  • Histogram: green above zero — since the start of the stretch more buy trades went through, red below zero — more sell trades.
  • A flat stretch — buys and sells over this time were equal.
  • It is the pair to CUM TRADES: there money accumulates, here the number of trades.
  • On Binance spot trades are counted. On Hyperliquid and Deribit — futures trades, history from 1 October 2026.
What it's for

See whose side the number of trades is on since a chosen moment: many small buys or many small sells. The money may still be outweighed by the other side.

For example.

  • CUM TRADES rises, CUM S. TRADES Q. falls. More money is in buys, but more trades are in sells: buying was large and rare, selling small and frequent.
  • Both lines rise together — buys outweigh both in money and in the number of trades.
  • The line stays flat — buys and sells are equal, whatever the activity.
Where to find it
Indicators›COIN›Trades›CUM S. TRADES Q.

Faster: right-click the chart at the point you need → the “CUM S. TRADES Q. from …”item. The count starts from the clicked moment.

Right-click on the chart: the “CUM S. TRADES Q. from …” item with the date of the clicked point
Right-click on the chart: the “CUM S. TRADES Q. from …” item with the date of the clicked point

Settings
FieldOptionsDefaultWhat it changes
Start Timedate and time4 hours agoFrom what moment to count.
Right-clicking the chart sets it to the clicked point.
End Timedate and timenowUp to what moment to count.
BTC pairsALL
USDT only		ALLWorks only on Binance and only on BTC.
ALL or USDT ONLY in the legend.
ALL — the sum of three pairs: BTCUSDT + BTCUSDC + BTCFDUSD.
USDT only — only the BTCUSDT pair.
For other Binance coins the data is always for the USDT pair; the parameter changes nothing.
Does nothing on Coinbase and Hyperliquid: Bitcoin has one pair there.
On Deribit too: the two BTC contracts are not added together.
- Want all of Binance's Bitcoin — ALL.
- Want to compare with a source that counts only BTCUSDT — USDT ONLY.
ExchangeChart
Binance
Coinbase
Hyperliquid
Deribit		ChartWhich exchange to take data from: Chart — the same one as the chart.
Binance — spot and futures, USDT pairs.
Coinbase — spot only, USD pairs.

Hyperliquid and Deribit — perpetual futures only, USDC pairs.
The list holds only exchanges where the coin trades.
Without a subscription there is no field.
- Want to compare one coin across exchanges — add the indicator several times and pick a different exchange in each.
In alerts

This indicator is not in the alert metric list.

Try it yourself
  1. Turn on CUM S. TRADES Q. from the same start point.
  2. Compare the sign and slope with CUM TRADES.
What you should get. Money and the number of trades can diverge: buying was large and rare while selling was small and frequent — or the other way round.
Takeaway

CUM S. TRADES Q. is the cumulative difference between the number of buys and the number of sells from “Start Time”, in trade counts. A green histogram above zero — more buy trades, red below zero — more sell trades, a flat line — equal. The pair to CUM TRADES: there money, here quantity. It cannot be put into an alert.

Quick check

The CUM S. TRADES Q. line went flat — this means…

Show answer

Correct answer: The number of buys and the number of sells over this time evened out

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