// TRADING TERMINOLOGY

What is Order Flow?

The stream of buy and sell orders currently entering the market.

In-Depth Explanation

Order flow analysis looks at the "immediacy" of the market—who is aggressive, who is passive, and where the "resting" orders are located on the book.

"The trader switched to order flow analysis to see if large sellers were exhausting their supply at the low."

A technique used by stock traders to analyze the price and volume of a given stock.

A type of candlestick chart that shows the specific volume traded at every price level within each candle.

A market condition where prices are rising or expected to rise.

A market condition where prices are falling or expected to fall.

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