Order flow
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Definition
The stream of buy and sell orders arriving at the market. Analyzed at high resolution to infer participant intention.
Order flow in plain English
Order flow is simply the live river of buy and sell orders hitting the market, moment by moment. Every price move happens because buyers and sellers are actually placing orders, so watching this river up close lets you guess what people are really trying to do — are buyers hungrily lifting every offer, or just nibbling? It's like standing at a store counter and noticing whether shoppers are calmly browsing or frantically grabbing the last items off the shelf; the pace and aggression of the orders reveal intention that the final price alone hides.
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