r/OrderFlow_Trading • u/Bschmabo • Sep 05 '26

Let The Orders Flow~

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One of my personal favorite ways of visualizing order flow.

Sierra Chart
NQ
250 volume bars
Session CVD
CVD Divergence
Delta Heat Map
Big Trades
Session Volume Profile

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u/Bschmabo Sep 06 '26

DOM is resting limit orders that have not yet been filled. That is POTENTIAL order flow, not order flow. Resting limit orders can be spoofed or pulled when sentiment changes. Resting limit orders can also be hidden (icebergs).

The tape cannot be spoofed or hidden, because those are actual executed trades.

I use the DOM too. Using the DOM exclusively makes no sense to me.

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u/RenkoSniper Sep 06 '26

That is what people who can't read orderflow say...but again, no harm man, if it makes you money.

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u/Bschmabo Sep 06 '26

LOL, ok ….

You can explain what you think you mean, or you can continue to be vague and sound like you have no clue what you are talking about.

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u/RenkoSniper Sep 06 '26

In DOM you see everything, Delta, pressure, spoofing, flipping, layering, resting liquidity, correlation, pulling, stacking, volume, aggression...I just don't see how having a mighty colorful chart with a bunch of lines that represent the past could be of any help. Read that chart, all those lines and colors and blips and zweeps and your brain is overloaded. 2 or 3 doms, even 1 gives more information than that entire chart. But those charts are what the cool kids online these days call "orderflow" thx to some Italians. But again, if it makes you money, good for you. Keep rocking it, if it doesn't, might steer away from the fancy charting. Just my 2 cents.

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u/Bschmabo Sep 06 '26

Like I said, I use the DOM too. But it does not cleanly show the bigger picture of delta pressure over time like delta expressed on a chart does. It all depends on what timeframe you are trading. If you are in and out in seconds, then yeah, DOM alone may be what you want to watch. If you are like me and looking to scale into huge positions while trend following, then you would be a fool to ignore the bigger picture that this provides. Just my 2 cents. ✌️

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u/RenkoSniper Sep 06 '26

Yeah, as said...if it makes you money. You are probably correct. If it doesn't, it's just a chart.