Troubleshooting

Most issues come from three things: the chart timeframe, the default display filters, and TradingView's data and drawing limits. Start with the section that matches what you see.

The indicator is not in my list

• It is invite-only. Look in Indicators under Invite-only scripts, not in the public search.
• Check that you are logged in with the username you sent us. See Get access.

Nothing shows on the chart

• No volume: VWAP, profiles and flow need volume. Use a symbol that has volume data on TradingView (for example OANDA:XAUUSD or COMEX:GC1!).
• Hidden indicator: check that the eye icon next to AKFB Full in the chart legend is on.
• Scale: if the chart's price scale is pinned to another indicator, the lines may be off-screen. Right-click the price scale and reset it.

No setup context markers (AK labels)

Check these in order:

1. Symbol and timeframe. By default markers appear only on XAUUSD or GC charts on a standard 5-minute timeframe. The dashboard header shows CHECK XAU/GC • 5m when you are outside that scope. Switch the chart, or turn off Limit setup markers to XAU/GC 5-minute. Micro gold (MGC) is not recognized as GC.
2. Elite mode. Marker mode Elite shows only tier A+. Set it to Normal to see tiers A and B too.
3. Display switches. Both Show qualified setup markers and AK Setup markers (Long / Short setup) must be on, and Enable setup engine must be on.
4. Bar close. With Confirm on bar close on, markers appear only when the bar closes.
5. News window. No markers on Fridays 12:00 to 14:00 UTC by default (News blackout (UTC)).
6. They are rare by design. The engine needs a level, a trigger, a reaction and enough agreeing layers. Many sessions have none at tier A+. The dashboard Setup context row shows ARMED states that did not complete.

No flow markers (D~, A~, CVD~ and others)

• Elite mode hides them. Set Marker mode to Normal, or turn on Show enabled events in Elite mode too.
• Clean mode hides Δ÷ and the chunk bubbles. Switch Display mode to Analysis.
• Some are off by default: EXH exhaustion, LQ Liquidity sweeps, SFP swing failure, TK± Ichimoku crosses.
• D~ near levels only: D~ display near location only is on by default.
• XAU/GC limit: LQ, SFP, Δ÷, EXH and the bubbles are also hidden on other symbols or timeframes while Limit setup markers to XAU/GC 5-minute is on.
• No intrabar data: flow markers need intrabar data. See the next section.

Flow markers missing on older bars, or the header says PROXY

TradingView keeps a limited history of lower-timeframe bars. Before that point, the indicator falls back to a bar-only estimate and switches the flow markers and imbalance zones off. The dashboard title shows (pre-IB data) and the header shows PROXY when the last bar has no intrabars.

• This is expected on deep history. Recent bars should have intrabar data.
• Symbols without lower-timeframe volume stay in PROXY mode.

The liquidity layer does not appear

• It runs only on 1- to 5-minute charts. On 15 minutes or higher it draws nothing.
• Check Enable origin-TF liquidity layer and the class switches (15m levels: m, L2, MAJ).
• It draws only within the last Draw marks in the last N bars bars (2,000). Scroll back further and the marks stop.
• LQ-B*/LQ-S* labels need high volume on the sweep bar and the structure side to agree; without the star they are hidden unless Also show LQ-S / LQ-B without * is on.

Flow looks coarse on higher timeframes

With Intrabar timeframe on Auto, charts up to 1 hour use 1-minute intrabars. Above 1 hour the indicator switches to 5-, 15- or 60-minute intrabars, so each chart bar has fewer, larger pieces and the estimates are rougher. For flow detail, use a chart of 1 hour or less.

Markers appear and then disappear

• D~, BV~ and A~ are evaluated on every update of the live bar and can change until it closes. Read them on closed bars.
• FlowBook X with Mark timing set to Instant live can do the same. Use Instant on close (default) or turn on Confirm FLOWBOOK X on candle close.
• CVD~, Δ÷ and 3D PRZ appear a few bars after a swing and are drawn back on the swing bar. That is a delay, not a repaint.

Old drawings disappear, or the chart is crowded

TradingView allows a script a limited number of labels, lines and boxes. When the limit is reached, the oldest drawings are deleted.

• Turn off layers you do not use: FlowBook X (drawn across all history), chunk bubbles, zone boxes, the histogram.
• Lower Max naked levels kept, Max bubbles per bar or Draw marks in the last N bars.
• For crowded right-side labels, turn off Band 1 levels or Include prices in labels.

Script error, timeout or "study error"

AK FlowBook Full is a large script. If TradingView shows a calculation error, timeout or memory error:

1. Refresh the page, or remove the indicator and add it again.
2. Turn off heavy layers you do not need (FlowBook X, the liquidity layer, the histogram, imbalance detection).
3. Use Intrabar timeframe Auto instead of a seconds timeframe.
4. Load less history (zoom in, or use a shorter range).
5. If it keeps happening, send us a DM with the symbol, timeframe and a screenshot of the error.

Settings change nothing

• Preset override: Confirmed pivot length, Sweep lookback, Edge tolerance (ATR), Level cluster distance (ATR), Delta proxy Z threshold, Big-volume proxy Z threshold and Minimum decision score only take effect with Market preset set to Manual. See Market presets.
• Second switch: many markers have two switches (one in their group, one in Event Markers). Both must be on.

Alerts do not fire

See Alerts: the condition must be Any alert() function call, Enable unified runtime alerts must be on, the group switch must be on, and the alert must be recreated after any settings change.

Different numbers on OANDA:XAUUSD and COMEX:GC1!

This is expected:

• Basis: futures trade at a different price from spot gold. Every level is shifted by roughly that gap.
• Volume: CFD volume comes from the broker; futures volume from the exchange. VWAP, profiles and flow are weighted by volume, so they differ beyond the basis too.
• Sessions: the daily period starts at each symbol's own session start.

See Futures levels on a CFD chart to convert between them.

Numbers differ from your other platform or our daily posts

Profiles here are estimated from 1-minute bars, and the value area is built one price row at a time. A tick-based or order-book-based tool (such as AK FlowBook for NinjaTrader) will show slightly different POC, VAH and VAL values, and real delta instead of an estimate.

Education only. Not financial advice. Trading futures and CFDs carries a high risk of loss.