diff --git a/app/src/__stories__/ChannelBalance.stories.tsx b/app/src/__stories__/ChannelBalance.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4905e27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/__stories__/ChannelBalance.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { BalanceLevel } from 'types/state';
+import { StoryContext } from '@storybook/addons';
+import { Store } from 'store';
+import ChannelBalance from 'components/loop/ChannelBalance';
+
+export default {
+  title: 'Channel Balance',
+  component: ChannelBalance,
+  parameters: { centered: true },
+};
+
+export const Good = (ctx: StoryContext) => {
+  // grab the store from the Storybook parameter defined in preview.tsx
+  const store = ctx.parameters.store as Store;
+  const channel = {
+    ...store.channels[0],
+    localPercent: 59,
+    balanceLevel: BalanceLevel.good,
+  };
+  return <ChannelBalance channel={channel} />;
+};
+
+export const Warn = (ctx: StoryContext) => {
+  // grab the store from the Storybook parameter defined in preview.tsx
+  const store = ctx.parameters.store as Store;
+  const channel = {
+    ...store.channels[0],
+    localPercent: 28,
+    balanceLevel: BalanceLevel.warn,
+  };
+  return <ChannelBalance channel={channel} />;
+};
+
+export const Bad = (ctx: StoryContext) => {
+  // grab the store from the Storybook parameter defined in preview.tsx
+  const store = ctx.parameters.store as Store;
+  const channel = {
+    ...store.channels[0],
+    localPercent: 91,
+    balanceLevel: BalanceLevel.bad,
+  };
+  return <ChannelBalance channel={channel} />;
+};
+
+export const Inactive = (ctx: StoryContext) => {
+  // grab the store from the Storybook parameter defined in preview.tsx
+  const store = ctx.parameters.store as Store;
+  const channel = {
+    ...store.channels[0],
+    active: false,
+  };
+  return <ChannelBalance channel={channel} />;
+};
diff --git a/app/src/__stories__/ChannelList.stories.tsx b/app/src/__stories__/ChannelList.stories.tsx
index 757d534a..9626c267 100644
--- a/app/src/__stories__/ChannelList.stories.tsx
+++ b/app/src/__stories__/ChannelList.stories.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
-import { toJS } from 'mobx';
+import React from 'react';
 import { StoryContext } from '@storybook/addons';
 import { Store } from 'store';
 import ChannelList from 'components/loop/ChannelList';
@@ -10,45 +9,27 @@ export default {
   parameters: { contained: true },
 };
 
-export const NoChannels = (ctx: StoryContext) => {
-  // grab the store from the Storybook parameter defined in preview.tsx
-  const store = ctx.parameters.store as Store;
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    // convert the store state to pure JS so it can be reverted on unmount
-    const channels = toJS(store.channels);
-    store.channels = [];
-
-    // change back to sample data when the component is unmounted
-    return () => {
-      store.channels = channels;
-    };
-  }, []);
-
-  return <ChannelList channels={store.channels} />;
+export const NoChannels = () => {
+  return <ChannelList channels={[]} />;
 };
 
 export const FewChannels = (ctx: StoryContext) => {
   // grab the store from the Storybook parameter defined in preview.tsx
   const store = ctx.parameters.store as Store;
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    // convert the store state to pure JS so it can be reverted on unmount
-    const channels = toJS(store.channels);
-    store.channels = channels.slice(0, 5);
-
-    // change back to sample data when the component is unmounted
-    return () => {
-      store.channels = channels;
-    };
-  }, []);
-
-  return <ChannelList channels={store.channels} />;
+  return <ChannelList channels={store.channels.slice(0, 10)} />;
 };
 
 export const ManyChannels = (ctx: StoryContext) => {
   // grab the store from the Storybook parameter defined in preview.tsx
   const store = ctx.parameters.store as Store;
-
   return <ChannelList channels={store.channels} />;
 };
+
+export const SortedChannels = (ctx: StoryContext) => {
+  // grab the store from the Storybook parameter defined in preview.tsx
+  const store = ctx.parameters.store as Store;
+  const channels = store.channels
+    .slice()
+    .sort((a, b) => b.balancePercent - a.balancePercent);
+  return <ChannelList channels={channels} />;
+};
diff --git a/app/src/__stories__/LoopPage.stories.tsx b/app/src/__stories__/LoopPage.stories.tsx
index e3cf7e48..a394dbde 100644
--- a/app/src/__stories__/LoopPage.stories.tsx
+++ b/app/src/__stories__/LoopPage.stories.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { toJS } from 'mobx';
+import { StoryContext } from '@storybook/addons';
+import { Store } from 'store';
 import LoopPage from 'components/loop/LoopPage';
 
 export default {
@@ -6,4 +9,21 @@ export default {
   component: LoopPage,
 };
 
-export const Default = () => <LoopPage />;
+export const Default = (ctx: StoryContext) => {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // grab the store from the Storybook parameter defined in preview.tsx
+    const store = ctx.parameters.store as Store;
+    const channels = toJS(store.channels);
+    // only use a small set of channels
+    store.channels = channels.slice(0, 25);
+
+    // change back to sample data when the component is unmounted
+    return () => {
+      store.channels = channels;
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  return <LoopPage />;
+};
+
+export const ManyChannels = () => <LoopPage />;
diff --git a/app/src/__tests__/action/channel.spec.ts b/app/src/__tests__/action/channel.spec.ts
index 1f76c1b9..42a58390 100644
--- a/app/src/__tests__/action/channel.spec.ts
+++ b/app/src/__tests__/action/channel.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { lndListChannels } from 'util/tests/sampleData';
 import ChannelAction from 'action/channel';
 import { GrpcClient, LndApi } from 'api';
 import { Store } from 'store';
@@ -16,6 +17,6 @@ describe('ChannelAction', () => {
   it('should fetch list of channels', async () => {
     expect(store.channels).toEqual([]);
     await channel.getChannels();
-    expect(store.channels).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(store.channels).toHaveLength(lndListChannels.channelsList.length);
   });
 });
diff --git a/app/src/__tests__/components/loop/ChannelBalance.spec.tsx b/app/src/__tests__/components/loop/ChannelBalance.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0817bb3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/__tests__/components/loop/ChannelBalance.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { BalanceLevel, Channel } from 'types/state';
+import { renderWithProviders } from 'util/tests';
+import ChannelBalance from 'components/loop/ChannelBalance';
+
+describe('ChannelBalance component', () => {
+  const channel: Channel = {
+    active: true,
+    capacity: 15000000,
+    chanId: '150633093070848',
+    localBalance: 9990950,
+    remoteBalance: 5000000,
+    remotePubkey: '02ac59099da6d4bd818e6a81098f5d54580b7c3aa8255c707fa0f95ca89b02cb8c',
+    uptime: 100,
+    localPercent: 67,
+    balancePercent: 67,
+    balanceLevel: BalanceLevel.warn,
+  };
+
+  const bgColor = (el: any) => window.getComputedStyle(el).backgroundColor;
+  const width = (el: any) => window.getComputedStyle(el).width;
+
+  const render = () => {
+    const result = renderWithProviders(<ChannelBalance channel={channel} />);
+    const el = result.container.children[0];
+    return {
+      ...result,
+      el,
+      remote: el.children[0],
+      local: el.children[2],
+    };
+  };
+
+  it('should display a good balance', () => {
+    channel.localPercent = 55;
+    channel.balanceLevel = BalanceLevel.good;
+    const { el, remote, local } = render();
+    expect(el.children.length).toBe(3);
+    expect(width(local)).toBe('55%');
+    expect(bgColor(local)).toBe('rgb(70, 232, 14)');
+    expect(bgColor(remote)).toBe('rgb(70, 232, 14)');
+  });
+
+  it('should display a warning balance', () => {
+    channel.localPercent = 72;
+    channel.balanceLevel = BalanceLevel.warn;
+    const { el, remote, local } = render();
+    expect(el.children.length).toBe(3);
+    expect(width(local)).toBe('72%');
+    expect(bgColor(local)).toBe('rgb(246, 107, 28)');
+    expect(bgColor(remote)).toBe('rgb(246, 107, 28)');
+  });
+
+  it('should display a bad balance', () => {
+    channel.localPercent = 93;
+    channel.balanceLevel = BalanceLevel.bad;
+    const { el, remote, local } = render();
+    expect(el.children.length).toBe(3);
+    expect(width(local)).toBe('93%');
+    expect(bgColor(local)).toBe('rgb(245, 64, 110)');
+    expect(bgColor(remote)).toBe('rgb(245, 64, 110)');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/src/__tests__/components/loop/LoopPage.spec.tsx b/app/src/__tests__/components/loop/LoopPage.spec.tsx
index 4e03746f..abb8246a 100644
--- a/app/src/__tests__/components/loop/LoopPage.spec.tsx
+++ b/app/src/__tests__/components/loop/LoopPage.spec.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { SwapStatus } from 'types/generated/loop_pb';
+import { wait } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { renderWithProviders } from 'util/tests';
 import { loopListSwaps } from 'util/tests/sampleData';
 import LoopPage from 'components/loop/LoopPage';
@@ -22,10 +23,11 @@ describe('LoopPage component', () => {
   });
 
   it('should display the liquidity numbers', async () => {
-    const { findByText } = render();
-    // these values are defined in sampleData.ts
-    expect(await findByText('4,501,409 SAT')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(await findByText('9,988,660 SAT')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    const { getByText, store } = render();
+    // wait for the channels to be fetched async before checking the UI labels
+    await wait(() => expect(store.totalInbound).toBeGreaterThan(0));
+    expect(getByText(`${store.totalInbound.toLocaleString()} SAT`)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(getByText(`${store.totalOutbound.toLocaleString()} SAT`)).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it('should display the loop history records', async () => {
diff --git a/app/src/action/channel.ts b/app/src/action/channel.ts
index 450759ff..cbbe5b0b 100644
--- a/app/src/action/channel.ts
+++ b/app/src/action/channel.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { action, toJS } from 'mobx';
+import { BalanceLevel } from 'types/state';
 import { actionLog as log } from 'util/log';
 import { LndApi } from 'api';
 import { Store } from 'store';
@@ -30,9 +31,40 @@ class ChannelAction {
       remoteBalance: c.remoteBalance,
       uptime: Math.floor((c.uptime * 100) / c.lifetime),
       active: c.active,
+      localPercent: this._calcLocalPercent(c.localBalance, c.remoteBalance),
+      balancePercent: this._calcBalancePercent(c.localBalance, c.remoteBalance),
+      balanceLevel: this._calcBalanceLevel(c.localBalance, c.remoteBalance),
     }));
     log.info('updated store.channels', toJS(this._store.channels));
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Determines the local balance percentage of a channel based on the local and
+   * remote balances
+   * @param local the local balance of the channel
+   * @param remote the remote balance of the channel
+   */
+  private _calcLocalPercent(local: number, remote: number): number {
+    return Math.round((local * 100) / (local + remote));
+  }
+
+  private _calcBalancePercent(local: number, remote: number): number {
+    const pct = this._calcLocalPercent(local, remote);
+    return pct >= 50 ? pct : 100 - pct;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Determines the balance level of a channel based on the percentage on each side
+   * @param local the local balance of the channel
+   * @param remote the remote balance of the channel
+   */
+  private _calcBalanceLevel(local: number, remote: number): BalanceLevel {
+    const pct = this._calcBalancePercent(local, remote);
+
+    if (pct > 85) return BalanceLevel.bad;
+    if (pct > 65) return BalanceLevel.warn;
+    return BalanceLevel.good;
+  }
 }
 
 export default ChannelAction;
diff --git a/app/src/components/loop/ChannelBalance.tsx b/app/src/components/loop/ChannelBalance.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f3632da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/components/loop/ChannelBalance.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { BalanceLevel, Channel } from 'types/state';
+import { levelToColor, styled } from 'components/theme';
+
+const Styled = {
+  Wrapper: styled.div<{ pct: number; level: BalanceLevel; active: boolean }>`
+    display: flex;
+    width: 100%;
+
+    > div {
+      min-width: 10px;
+
+      &:first-of-type {
+        flex-grow: 1;
+        background-color: ${props =>
+          levelToColor(props.level, props.active, props.theme)};
+      }
+
+      &:last-of-type {
+        width: ${props => props.pct}%;
+        background-color: ${props =>
+          levelToColor(props.level, props.active, props.theme)};
+      }
+    }
+  `,
+  Section: styled.div`
+    height: 4px;
+    border-radius: 2px;
+  `,
+  Gap: styled.div`
+    width: 10px;
+    background-color: transparent;
+  `,
+};
+
+interface Props {
+  channel: Channel;
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+const ChannelBalance: React.FC<Props> = ({ channel, className }) => {
+  const { active, localPercent, balanceLevel } = channel;
+
+  const { Wrapper, Section, Gap } = Styled;
+  return (
+    <Wrapper
+      pct={localPercent}
+      level={balanceLevel}
+      active={active}
+      className={className}
+    >
+      <Section />
+      <Gap />
+      <Section />
+    </Wrapper>
+  );
+};
+
+export default ChannelBalance;
diff --git a/app/src/components/loop/ChannelRow.tsx b/app/src/components/loop/ChannelRow.tsx
index d41202ad..37645b1c 100644
--- a/app/src/components/loop/ChannelRow.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/loop/ChannelRow.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Column, Row } from 'components/common/grid';
 import { Dot } from 'components/common/icons';
 import { Title } from 'components/common/text';
 import { styled } from 'components/theme';
+import ChannelBalance from './ChannelBalance';
 
 /**
  * the virtualized list requires each row to have a specified
@@ -30,12 +31,8 @@ const Styled = {
     margin-left: 15px;
     color: ${props => props.theme.colors.pink};
   `,
-  Balance: styled.div`
+  Balance: styled(ChannelBalance)`
     margin-top: ${ROW_HEIGHT / 2 - 2}px;
-    height: 4px;
-    width: 100%;
-    background-color: ${props => props.theme.colors.pink};
-    border-radius: 2px;
   `,
 };
 
@@ -73,12 +70,12 @@ const ChannelRow: React.FC<Props> = ({ channel, style }) => {
         <StatusIcon>
           <Dot />
         </StatusIcon>
-        {channel.localBalance.toLocaleString()}
+        {channel.remoteBalance.toLocaleString()}
       </Column>
       <Column cols={3}>
-        <Balance />
+        <Balance channel={channel} />
       </Column>
-      <Column>{channel.remoteBalance.toLocaleString()}</Column>
+      <Column>{channel.localBalance.toLocaleString()}</Column>
       <Column>{channel.uptime}</Column>
       <Column>{channel.remotePubkey}</Column>
       <Column right>{channel.capacity.toLocaleString()}</Column>
diff --git a/app/src/components/theme.tsx b/app/src/components/theme.tsx
index 2847de98..4ae7d404 100644
--- a/app/src/components/theme.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/theme.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,37 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { BalanceLevel } from 'types/state';
 import emotionStyled, { CreateStyled } from '@emotion/styled/macro';
 import { ThemeProvider as EmotionThemeProvider } from 'emotion-theming';
 
-const theme = {
+export interface Theme {
+  fonts: {
+    light: string;
+    regular: string;
+    semiBold: string;
+    bold: string;
+    extraBold: string;
+  };
+  sizes: {
+    s: string;
+    m: string;
+    l: string;
+    xl: string;
+  };
+  colors: {
+    blue: string;
+    darkBlue: string;
+    gray: string;
+    darkGray: string;
+    white: string;
+    whitish: string;
+    pink: string;
+    green: string;
+    orange: string;
+    tileBack: string;
+  };
+}
+
+const theme: Theme = {
   fonts: {
     light: "'OpenSans Light'",
     regular: "'OpenSans Regular'",
@@ -24,11 +53,21 @@ const theme = {
     white: '#ffffff',
     whitish: '#f5f5f5',
     pink: '#f5406e',
+    green: '#46E80E',
+    orange: '#f66b1c',
     tileBack: 'rgba(245,245,245,0.04)',
   },
 };
 
-export const styled = emotionStyled as CreateStyled<typeof theme>;
+export const levelToColor = (level: BalanceLevel, active: boolean, theme: Theme) => {
+  if (!active) return theme.colors.gray;
+
+  if (level === BalanceLevel.bad) return theme.colors.pink;
+  if (level === BalanceLevel.warn) return theme.colors.orange;
+  return theme.colors.green;
+};
+
+export const styled = emotionStyled as CreateStyled<Theme>;
 
 export const ThemeProvider: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
   return <EmotionThemeProvider theme={theme}>{children}</EmotionThemeProvider>;
diff --git a/app/src/types/state.ts b/app/src/types/state.ts
index d76f6833..dcb5b8e6 100644
--- a/app/src/types/state.ts
+++ b/app/src/types/state.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ export interface NodeBalances {
   channelBalance: number;
 }
 
+export enum BalanceLevel {
+  good = 'good',
+  warn = 'warn',
+  bad = 'bad',
+}
+
 export interface Channel {
   chanId: string;
   remotePubkey: string;
@@ -20,6 +26,9 @@ export interface Channel {
   remoteBalance: number;
   uptime: number;
   active: boolean;
+  localPercent: number;
+  balancePercent: number;
+  balanceLevel: BalanceLevel;
 }
 
 export interface Swap {