Hermēs DocumentationChart Modes & Timeframes
The main chart draws price as a line, candles or Heikin-Ashi, across timeframes from 30 seconds to one day, with the 30-second micro bucket limited to ES/NQ. Bull-bear colour schemes (blue-up/gold-down or classic green-red) are switchable.
The chart draws price as a line, candles or Heikin-Ashi, with switchable timeframes and bull-bear colours. Mode, timeframe and colours change only how price is drawn — they never affect the GEX overlays. Mode and timeframe live in the dock's Bars section; the colour scheme lives in the levels drawer.
Three modes
Line
Closing prices only — the cleanest option when you want to concentrate on GEX structure and key levels without candle bodies in the way.
Note that the order-flow line overlay works only in candle / Heikin-Ashi modes: line mode has no bar time context, so those switches deactivate and the sub-panes keep displaying as usual.
Candles
True open / high / low / close — closest to actual trading and the right choice when you need precise entry and exit prices. The forming candle tracks live price second by second, and minutes with no trades are backfilled so the time axis stays continuous with no holes.
Heikin-Ashi
Smooths price to filter noise and emphasise trend continuity — useful for judging whether a trend day persists. Because it is smoothed, its candle prices are not real traded prices.
Timeframes
| Bucket | Options |
|---|---|
| Micro | 30 seconds (ES / NQ only; Options Desk chart windows also allow SPX / NDX) |
| Standard | 1m · 3m · 5m · 15m · 30m · 1h · 4h · 1d |
Switching to an instrument without micro support drops the timeframe back to 1 minute automatically, so you never sit on a bucket that cannot return data.
Bull-bear colour schemes
| Scheme | Candles | Direction badges / net-flow lines |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Up · Gold Down (default) | Blue up / gold down | Same blue and gold |
| Classic | Warm white up / brand orange down (dark theme) | Green / red |
The scheme is a site-wide setting: candles, direction badges and net-flow direction lines all follow it, each with contrast-tuned values for light and dark themes.
Choosing
Intraday futures: ES/NQ on 30s–1m with Heikin-Ashi for trend continuity, switching to candles to pin an entry.
Watching levels / resting orders: line mode, so nothing distracts from price versus level.
Judging a trend day: consecutive same-colour Heikin-Ashi bodies mean a strong trend; a small opposite-colour body means momentum is fading.
Multi-day structure: 1h or 1d, paired with the 90D reference levels.
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Frequently asked questions
Which chart modes and timeframes are supported?
Line, candles and Heikin-Ashi, across 1m, 3m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 1h, 4h and 1d, plus a 30-second micro bucket available on ES/NQ (Options Desk chart windows also allow it on SPX/NDX).
Why is the 30-second timeframe limited to certain instruments?
30 seconds is the finest bucket that still yields at least two ticks across every data tier, so it is only meaningful where collection frequency is high enough. Switching to an unsupported instrument drops the timeframe back to 1 minute automatically.
Why are candles blue and gold rather than green and red?
The default scheme is "Blue Up · Gold Down", which holds contrast in both light and dark themes and avoids clashing with the GEX positive/negative palette (cyan/magenta). Switch to "Classic" in the levels drawer to get green-red back; candles and direction badges change together.
Sub-panes & Order Flow
Three sub-pane slots below the chart, each choosing its own metric — order-flow rates (DEX/GEX/CVR/Vanna/Charm), next-day 1D variants, and net-exposure levels (Net GEX / net convexity / cumulative Δ) — plus extreme-flow markers, a main-chart line overlay and a ±$MM noise filter.
Replay System
Replay takes HuntingFlow back to any historical trading moment and replays that day's GEX structure and price evolution at 1× to 30× speed, for reviewing how key levels played out and how regimes flipped.