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Order flow basics: reading intent instead of price

TTickForge Desk· 30 Aug 2026· 7 min read
Order flow basics: reading intent instead of price
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Price is the result; flow is the cause

A candle is a summary. Underneath it sit thousands of orders, some patient, some panicked.

Three ideas worth knowing

  • Absorption: heavy buying met by an even heavier seller, and price refuses to move
  • Traps: a break that fails immediately, leaving late entrants offside
  • Liquidity: the resting orders that make a move possible in the first place
Institutions need volume to fill. That need leaves footprints.

Practise it safely

Shield walks through order-flow screenshots the same way, in plain language. Educational read only — not investment advice.

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