Current bar panel: cluster statistics for the bar in formation

The current bar panel shows the bar that is still forming, enlarged, with the same bid × ask cells, candle outline and bar POC as the chart. It floats over the chart or detaches into its own window.

Senzoukria · Documentation · Updated September 2026

Where to find it

Where
Chart toolbar → BAR button (next to the magnet and timezone buttons)
Default
Hidden (showCurrentBar = false)
Header
CURRENT BAR · symbol timeframe · POC price
Repaint rate
At most 10 times per second

What it does

The current bar panel is the Senzoukria equivalent of a cluster-statistics window: it takes the bar currently in formation for the chart's symbol and timeframe and paints it alone, large enough to read every price level. It does not draw its own cells. It mounts a second instance of the footprint renderer used by the chart and hands it exactly one bar, so bid and ask cells, candle outline, user colours, per-cell imbalance highlighting and the bar POC look identical to the chart, only bigger.

The header reads CURRENT BAR followed by the symbol and timeframe, then POC and the price level with the largest total (bid + ask) volume of that bar. When the bar has no traded level yet the POC shows a dash, and the canvas shows the text Waiting for live bar…

Settings

Controls available on the panel (labels as they appear in the app)
ControlDefaultWhat it changes
BAR toggle (chart toolbar)HiddenShows or hides the floating panel; the state is stored with the chart settings so it survives a restart.
✕ (Close the current bar)—Hides the floating panel; same effect as clicking BAR again.
⧉ (Detach the current bar into a window)—Opens the panel as a separate window that only listens to the bar stream; the floating panel is hidden while it is detached.
Header dragAnchored top-rightDrag the header to move the floating panel anywhere over the chart.
Cell appearanceInherited from the chartBid/ask colours, candle colours, volume format, price decimals, grid, OHLC header, bar delta and imbalance cell filters all follow the chart's Visual Settings.

How to use it

  • Open a footprint chart (Rithmic or crypto) and click BAR in the chart toolbar. The panel appears over the chart, anchored to the right.
  • Read the cells as you would on the chart: the same bid × ask layout, the same colours and the same imbalance highlighting apply, so nothing has to be relearned.
  • Click ⧉ to detach the panel into a second window, for example on another monitor. The detached window subscribes to nothing by itself: it listens to the bar batches the backend already broadcasts and keeps the most recent bar for the requested symbol and timeframe.
  • The panel repaints at most ten times per second, inside an animation frame, so a fast tape does not turn into a repaint per tick.

Limits and pitfalls

  • Session overlays are deliberately off in the panel: volume profile, session POC, market profile, VWAP, CVD, DOM profile, volume dots, HMM regime, stacked imbalances, naked POCs, unfinished auctions, absorption zones and GEX levels are not computed for a single bar.
  • The panel shows the forming bar only. To inspect a closed bar, use the chart itself or the selection profile drawing.
  • The bar shown depends on the live feed. If the connection drops, the panel keeps the last bar received; it does not invent updates.
  • On crypto charts the price step of the cells is the chart's automatic tick step; without it a symbol such as BTCUSDT would be drawn at one-cent rows and be unreadable.

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Frequently asked questions

Why does the current bar panel look exactly like the chart?
Because it is the chart's renderer. The panel creates a second FootprintCanvasRenderer, pushes the chart's visual settings into it and gives it a single bar. Any change to bid/ask colours or footprint type on the chart is reflected in the panel immediately.
Does the detached window open its own broker connection?
No. The detached window is listen-only: it filters the footprint update stream by symbol and timeframe and keeps the bar with the newest bucket timestamp. It never logs in to a broker or subscribes to a new instrument.
Can I see the volume profile of the current bar in the panel?
No. Multi-bar overlays are switched off for the panel because a session aggregate computed over one bar is meaningless. Use the chart's profile tools for that.

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