CUM TRADES

6 min · DYOR Education

FreeCOIN · Trades

Goal

Break down CUM TRADES — the accumulated trade delta from a set moment.

CUM TRADES on BTC/USDT: accumulated difference of buys and sells. By default the range is the last 4 hours, so the line sits at the right edge

What it shows

Accumulated (cumulative) trade delta. Buys minus sells add up bar by bar from Start Time to End Time.

The line rises — since the start of the range there were more buys. Falls — more sells.
The meaning of the line depends entirely on the start point. Move it and the slope changes.

Move Start Time and the accumulated line starts over from zero.

What it's for

Count the balance of buys and sells from a chosen moment: start of the day, news, session open.

For example.

Start Time — start of the day. By evening the line is at +40M: over the day $40M more was bought at market than sold.
If the price didn't rise, the buys met equal sells in the order book — the asks kept refilling.

Where to find it

Indicators›COIN›Trades›CUM TRADES

Faster: right-click the chart at the point you need → the “CUM TRADES from …” item. Accumulation starts from the clicked moment and continues to now.

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

Result: CUM TRADES from September 12 08:00 — accumulation started at the clicked point

Settings

Field	Options	Default	What it changes
Start Time	date and time	4 hours ago	From what moment to accumulate. Right-clicking the chart sets it to the clicked point. - Want the balance since the start of the day — set midnight. Since a news event — its time.
End Time	date and time	now	Up to what moment to accumulate.
Market Type	SPOT FUTURES	SPOT	Whose trades to count: Binance spot or futures market. - Want trades of those buying the coin itself — SPOT. - Want leveraged trades — FUTURES. On Coinbase and Hyperliquid the switch has no effect: Coinbase is spot only, Hyperliquid is futures only, the value is set by the exchange automatically.
BTC Pairs	ALL USDT ONLY	ALL	Works only on Binance and only on BTC. ALL — 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. No effect on Coinbase and Hyperliquid: there bitcoin has one pair — BTC/USD and BTC/USDC. - Want all Binance bitcoin — ALL. - Want to compare with a source that counts only BTCUSDT — USDT ONLY.
Exchange	Chart Binance Coinbase Hyperliquid	Chart	Which exchange to take data from: Chart — the same one as the chart. Binance — spot and futures, USDT pairs. Coinbase — spot only, USD pairs. Hyperliquid — perpetual futures only, USDC pairs. Coinbase and Hyperliquid are available on paid plans (“Exchanges” screen). They have candles, trades and the order book. Derivatives, liquidations and loans show “no data” for them. - Want to compare one coin across exchanges — add the indicator several times and pick a different exchange in each.

In alerts

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Try it yourself

Turn on CUM TRADES. Right-click the chart → “CUM TRADES from …” at the start of the latest rally.
Look at the slope of the line from that point.

What you should get. Accumulation is counted from the chosen bar. The line rises — there have been more buys since then.

Done+10 points

Takeaway

CUM TRADES adds up buys minus sells bar by bar, starting from Start Time. The line rises — more was bought since the start of the range. Falls — more was sold. The shape of the line depends entirely on the start point, so Start Time is the main setting.

Quick check

What does Start Time set in CUM TRADES?

Order book depth
The moment accumulation starts from
The chart timeframe

Show answer

Correct answer: The moment accumulation starts from

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