Do hedge funds use order flow? Yes, but their strategies vary widely. Some institutional firms focus on execution quality, some on market making, some on statistical arbitrage, and others on longer-term investment decis…
You don't need ten indicators to become a better trader. It's tempting to add another indicator every time a trade fails. One for momentum. One for volume. Another for trend. Then another for confirmation. Eventually, y…
A liquidity sweep doesn't automatically mean reversal. Price moves above a previous high, trades there briefly, and then falls back below the level. Some traders interpret this as a failed breakout or liquidity sweep. T…
Volume imbalances can reveal aggressive participation. On a footprint chart, traders often look for a substantial difference between buying and selling volume at comparable price levels. A series of buying imbalances ma…
CVD: A useful tool, but not a standalone trading strategy. Cumulative Volume Delta adds the delta values over time to show the running balance of aggressive buying versus selling. One situation I find interesting is whe…
What does delta actually tell you? In many order flow platforms, delta is calculated as ask volume minus bid volume. For example: Ask volume: 1,200 contractsBid volume: 900 contractsDelta: +300 That indicates more volum…
Absorption: When aggressive buying or selling doesn't move price as expected. Imagine NQ repeatedly trades at a resistance level. Buyers keep lifting the offer, but price struggles to move higher. One possible explanati…
The DOM is more than a ladder full of numbers. The Depth of Market displays resting buy and sell limit orders at different price levels, depending on the feed and configuration. Traders use it to observe: Available liqu…
This is a common question among futures traders exploring order flow. Rithmic is widely used in futures trading and is available through various brokers and trading platforms. dxFeed provides market data for supported e…
Footprint charts changed how I think about price action. A normal candlestick shows the open, high, low, and close. A footprint chart can reveal the volume traded at different prices inside that candle. This can help tr…
Most traders focus on candlesticks, support and resistance, and indicators. Order flow takes things a step further by examining buying and selling activity behind price movements. Some useful tools include: Footprint ch…
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