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# Visuals

### Drawing Modes <a href="#user-content-drawing-modes-1" id="user-content-drawing-modes-1"></a>

Imbalance Concepts share the core drawing modes with Block Concepts, but include an exclusive dynamic mode tailored specifically for tracking market gaps:

1. **Basic Mode:** Draws a clean, shaded rectangular box highlighting the entire imbalance zone.
2. **OTE Mode (Optimal Trade Entry):** Highlights the "Optimal Trade Entry" area within the imbalance. Includes the **Show OTE Box** toggle.
3. **Quadrants Mode:** Divides the imbalance into four equal horizontal sections to monitor exactly how deep price pushes into the gap.
4. **Profile Mode:** Displays a visual distribution profile indicating activity during the imbalance's formation.
5. **Fill Mode&#x20;*****(Exclusive to Imbalance Concepts)*****:** Dynamically illustrates the mitigation of an imbalance. As price action retraces into a Fair Value Gap or other imbalance, the visual box updates in real-time to show only the remaining, unfilled portion of the gap.

### Additional Features <a href="#user-content-additional-features-1" id="user-content-additional-features-1"></a>

* **Dynamic History:** Unlike persistent blocks, imbalances like FVG, IFVG, BPR, and OG are automatically removed from the chart once they are fully filled, ensuring your workspace remains clean and relevant.
* **Consequent Encroachment (Mean Line):** Toggle the **Show Mean** setting to draw the critical 50% midpoint line of the imbalance.
* **Hide Overlap:** Removes overlapping imbalances from view.
* **Advanced Styling & Labels:** Fully configure borders and text labels (e.g., "-FVG").
* **Extend:** Extend the imbalances to the current candle for easy visibility.


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