Compared
Material Indicators (FireCharts) and Swiftedge compared
Material Indicators is a paid suite of crypto market data tools; its FireCharts product is an order book heatmap. Swiftedge Depth is a free order book heatmap for the Bitcoin and Ethereum perpetual futures on Binance, with every trade, a footprint chart and options levels, in the browser without an account.
What Material Indicators offers
From Material Indicators' own pages, checked on 24 October 2026 (plans, FireCharts, FAQ):
- FireCharts: a heatmap of the order book together with CVD, with order flow grouped by order size.
- FireCharts 2.0 covers 800+ BTC and USDT pairs with three years of history and several timeframes.
- Indicators (MTF Mean Reversion, Trend Precognition, Timescape Support and Resistance) delivered as invite-only TradingView scripts, and a dashboard with correlation, volatility and funding data.
- Alerts and the community run on Telegram.
- Two plans: Standard at $149.99 a month ($1,497 a year) and Premium+ at $199.99 a month ($1,997 a year). No free plan was shown; the page mentions a 14-day money-back guarantee.
What Swiftedge Depth offers
| Swiftedge Depth | What you get |
|---|---|
| Markets | BTCUSDT and ETHUSDT perpetual futures, Binance USDⓈ-M futures |
| Order book heatmap | Resting bids and asks out to about 2 % from price, a new column four times a second |
| Trades | Every trade as a bubble sized by volume and coloured by the aggressive side |
| Chart types | Line, candlesticks (1 second to 4 hours) or a footprint chart: buying and selling at every price inside each candle, with POC and delta |
| Imbalance tools | Stacked imbalance zones and a live order book and volume imbalance readout |
| History | At least the last 24 hours, zoomable down to the raw book |
| Options context | GEX levels (call wall, put wall, gamma flip) from Deribit, OKX and Bybit, and the Swiftedge Options chain |
| Extras | CVD, VWAP, real liquidations, alerts for price and large walls, 24 drawing tools, a live levels page and a liquidation heatmap |
| Price | Free, no account, in the browser |
Which one fits
- Material Indicators fits when you want order book heatmaps across hundreds of pairs with years of history, their proprietary indicators on TradingView and a paid Telegram community.
- Swiftedge fits when you trade Bitcoin or Ethereum and want the live futures order book, every trade, a footprint chart and options levels on one screen, for free and without an account.
Both show resting orders, not a model. To see where liquidations could sit instead, use the liquidation heatmap; the difference, explained.
Common questions
Is there a free alternative to Material Indicators FireCharts?
For Bitcoin and Ethereum, yes: Swiftedge Depth shows the live Binance perpetual futures order book as a heatmap, free and without an account. It covers two markets, not hundreds of pairs, and keeps at least the last 24 hours rather than years.
Does Swiftedge show CVD?
Yes. Depth has a CVD line (cumulative volume delta since 00:00 UTC) in its volume pane, and a footprint chart with delta per candle.
Do I need TradingView or Telegram for Swiftedge?
No. Swiftedge runs in the browser. Alerts for price and large walls are built into Depth and Options.