Articles on order flow, footprint, volume profile, futures contracts, options gamma and risk — written by traders who trade.https://elitexcharts.com/blog/enhttps://elitexcharts.com/blog/connect-rithmic-to-elitexcharts/https://elitexcharts.com/blog/connect-rithmic-to-elitexcharts/Step by step: connect the Rithmic account from your prop firm or broker to EliteXCharts, save the password safely, add more logins and fix common login errors.Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlatformhttps://elitexcharts.com/blog/futures-tick-value/https://elitexcharts.com/blog/futures-tick-value/How tick value works in futures: tick size, multiplier, the P&L formula, examples for NQ, ES, CL and their micros, and the conversions that trip people up.Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTFutures basicshttps://elitexcharts.com/blog/volume-profile-explained/https://elitexcharts.com/blog/volume-profile-explained/Volume profile shows how much traded at each price. How to read nodes, POC and value area in futures, which session to profile, and where the profile misleads.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTVolume profilehttps://elitexcharts.com/blog/footprint-chart-explained/https://elitexcharts.com/blog/footprint-chart-explained/How to read a footprint chart: what the bid and ask numbers mean, where delta, POC and diagonal imbalances come from, and which part of a candle to read first.Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTOrder flowhttps://elitexcharts.com/blog/nq-futures-explained/https://elitexcharts.com/blog/nq-futures-explained/NQ futures in plain numbers: tick size, point value and the multiplier behind them, how expiration and the roll work, and when MNQ is the better contract.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFutures basicshttps://elitexcharts.com/blog/what-is-order-flow-trading/https://elitexcharts.com/blog/what-is-order-flow-trading/Order flow trading reads who is hitting the bid and lifting the offer behind each candle. How the tape, DOM and footprint work, and where the reading fails.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTOrder flowhttps://elitexcharts.com/blog/call-wall-put-wall-es/https://elitexcharts.com/blog/call-wall-put-wall-es/How the call wall and put wall form on the SPY and SPX 0DTE chains, why dealer hedging makes them act differently on ES, and what happens when price breaks one.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTGamma & optionshttps://elitexcharts.com/blog/gamma-flip-nq/https://elitexcharts.com/blog/gamma-flip-nq/The gamma flip is where modeled dealer gamma changes sign. Above it, hedging tends to absorb NQ's moves; below it, to extend them. Reading it, with limits.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTGamma & optionshttps://elitexcharts.com/blog/welcome-to-elitexcharts/https://elitexcharts.com/blog/welcome-to-elitexcharts/Why we built EliteXCharts: one native app for footprint reading, chart trading on Rithmic, a risk manager that blocks orders, replay and an automatic journal.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlatform