Overview

The Advanced DOM (Depth of Market) in Deepchart provides a powerful, professional-grade interface for order execution, market depth analysis, and volume profiling.
This article explains how to open the Advanced DOM, understand its layout, and configure it for optimal trading use.

Opening the Advanced DOM

1. Open the Deepchart platform and connect your data feed.

2. Navigate to New → Book → ADV DOM.

3. Select the desired instrument from your list of subscribed symbols.

4. Click Select to open the Advanced DOM.

Example: ES (E-mini S&P 500).

Advanced DOM Layout

By default, the Advanced DOM displays multiple columns arranged from left to right:

• P&L – Displays profit or loss per individual tick.

• B – Buy order management column.

• Bid – Placement of buy limit orders.

• Price – Central price ladder.

• Ask – Placement of sell orders.

• S – Sell order management column.

• VP – Daily Volume Profile.

Top Information Panel

At the top of the Advanced DOM, you can view:

• Selected instrument

• Connected broker

• Active trading account

• Open position quantity

• Daily profit and loss (P&L)

Fundamentals Table

Located below the main header, this section displays:

• Percentage change from the previous close

• Change from the current session’s open

• Total traded volume

• Number of trades (for stocks)

• Upper and lower suspension prices

Order Quantity and Trading Controls

At the bottom of the DOM:

• Set the order quantity

• Access classic trading buttons

• Enable OCO (Order Cancels Order) strategies

OCO Strategies

OCO allows you to attach:

• A take-profit limit order

• A protective stop order

to a single entry order.

Use the gear icon (bottom right) to:

• Create and save OCO strategies

• Recall saved strategies from the dropdown menu

Order Types (A Menu)

The A menu allows you to select the order type:

• Automatic

• Limit

• Market

• Conditional

Automatic Mode Behavior

In Automatic mode, order type is determined by mouse position at specific price:

• Right-click Bid → Buy Market

• Right-click Ask → Sell Market

• Left-click Bid

  • Below price → Buy Limit

  • Above price → Buy Stop

• Left-click Ask

  • Above price → Sell Limit

  • Below price → Sell Stop

Managing Pending Orders

Pending orders can be managed directly from the DOM:

• Left-click & drag → Move order

• Right-click → Delete order

• Double left-click → Modify quantity

Additional Columns and Market Data

To enable additional columns:

1. Right-click on the column header row

2. Select desired columns or auto-resize

Pull/Stack Columns

Show changes in resting liquidity:

• B.PS

  • Green = quantity added

  • Red = quantity removed

• A.PS

  • Color logic reversed

Trades Columns

• BT – Volume sold at market

• AT – Volume bought at market

Offers Columns

• Display the number of individual orders at each bid and ask level
  
  
  

Profiles and Volume Configuration

Profiles can be added from the header row, including:

• Volume

• Delta

• Bid / Ask

Volume Profile Types

• Resettable Profile

  • Starts recording when enabled

  • Can be cleared using the eraser icon

• Daily Profile

  • Displays data from the start of the trading session

Advanced DOM Customization

Click the gear icon (top left) to open Advanced DOM settings.

Customization Options

• Enable / disable sections to simplify the DOM

• Order Column Settings

  • Reorder columns

• Chart DOM Settings

  • Customize text, colors, and background

  • Enable markers for:

    • High

    • Low

    • Open

    • Suspension levels

Layout Templates (Model Section)

• Save custom layouts

• Load previously saved templates

Vertical Scale (Price Column)

Right-click inside the Price column to manage the vertical scale using auto-recognition mode:

• Clicking near current price → Scrolls the view

• Clicking near top or bottom → Expands or compresses the price scale