<reading DOM #es_f $spy $spx $qqq>

my DOM setup - price discovery in action https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel">

breaking it down in small pieces

1) in blue col, people’s bids are lined up (limit orders)

in red col, offers are lined up

these numbers always change as people add / pull limit orders
2) inside grey columns are market orders

‘inside ask’ + ‘inside bid’

these arrive in real time

3) in the img, 19 orders are on the bid @ 3225.75

meanwhile, 3 market offers hit the bid (grey col)

19 on bid, minus 3 offers, takes orders on the bid down to 16

cont..
4) when 16 more inside offers arrive, all 19 contracts on the bid are taken out

price then goes https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔻" title="Nach unten zeigendes rotes Dreieck" aria-label="Emoji: Nach unten zeigendes rotes Dreieck">to 3225.50

to fill 45 orders there

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥇" title="Goldmedaille" aria-label="Emoji: Goldmedaille"> ...and yes you guessed it

same thing happens on the other side / all in real time

THIS is #orderflow

what are the implications tho?
+ we know what moves price

+ liquid markets move quickly

+ if watching DOM + analyst sees irregular volume pattern at a ‘level’, it could indicate a breakout / breakdown

helps to understand this + watch DOM to get idea of rhythm https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🕺🏻" title="Tanzender Mann (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Tanzender Mann (heller Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💃🏿" title="Woman dancing (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman dancing (dunkler Hautton)">

we already discussed profile + https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎯" title="Volltreffer" aria-label="Emoji: Volltreffer">
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