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In a 15-minute ES bar, the high is 4,518.00. At this high, the ask volume is 3 and the bid volume is 8. One tick below, at 4,517.75, the total volume is 225.

How should an order flow trader interpret the price of 4,518.00?

  1. It is a 'Price Rejection' or exhaustion signal, as very few participants were willing to transact there.
  2. It is an institutional 'Cap' signal where a large participant distributed supply.
  3. The auction is 'Unfinished' because there was bid volume at the high.
  4. It represents 'Price Acceptance' where the market found fair value.

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