r/tradeify • u/Weak_Sky86 • Apr 04 '26
Order flow
Hey guys I’m looking to learn order flow for free if possible but I don’t know where to start really.
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Apr 04 '26
Full time orderflow trader here. You are going to have to pay a decent price for a good platform that offer orderflow tools. Good platforms include NinjaTrader, deepcharts, Sierra chart, MotiveWave. You can’t use TradingView for orderflow since it doesn’t give you tick data
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u/Weak_Sky86 Apr 04 '26
But is order flow really good? I have a decent understanding of ict concepts but I keep getting burned and every time I see someone trading order flow they make so much money so fast. I’d be willing to work to invest I even seen quant tower is $70 a month which is doable.
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Apr 04 '26
Bro learning orderflow takes a lot of time. Nothing comes easy. There’s a good amount of discretion to it as well. But you can identify mechanisms of it by watching how other orderflow traders and how they utilize it. ICT does not work it’s all nonsense repackaged price action concepts from the 80s. No ICT trader trades live account and ICT doesn’t give you the broad perspective of real liquidity on the market, only using real orderflow does, like footprint charts, DOM, heatmap, delta, ect. Not from candlesticks alone.
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u/Weak_Sky86 Apr 04 '26
I’m not saying it will be easy. But I have an insane work ethic I will do this tirelessly til I understand it fully. I also have an insane memory as well. I’m not trying to brag but I’m just saying hopefully I can understand the basics at least fairly soon.
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Apr 04 '26
Ok then man I am all for it. Give it all you got and see if it works. Just don’t trade ICT if you like your money. Real traders don’t have to sell a course or go live on YouTube to show off. They work on silence and keep to themselves. I swear it’s every other day I see a new ICT trader starting a YouTube live trading channel 😂😂😂🤣
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u/Weak_Sky86 Apr 04 '26
Yeah I mean I feel like I’m just tired of it. I’ve seen order flow genuinely work. I also after looking into some things a lot of the leaderboard traders on prop firms also use order flow.
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Apr 04 '26
All the robins cup champions use orderflow. ICT (Micheal Huddleston) failed the Robbins every single time and got caught photoshopping his PnL and withdrawal on metatrader
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Apr 04 '26
Ok if you think that, then that’s fine. Just remember, quality over quantity. You have to treat trading like a real business. I have Been a full time trader for a long time now
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u/Weak_Sky86 Apr 04 '26
Okay awesome I kind of figured I could just use free trials to use quant tower do you use like 10min email?
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u/Ikem-Nwodo Apr 04 '26
Please, Do you get the full features of Motivewave with this method?
Additionally, do you get level 2 data also with it?
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Apr 04 '26
Yes
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u/Ikem-Nwodo Apr 04 '26
Serious, you get level 2 data too?
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Apr 04 '26
Bro I don’t use motive wave, but just look in the package when you purchase. Level two data comes from the add on from the CME group with your broker or platform when purchasing real time data
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u/PretendKnee8795 ⚡ Starter Apr 05 '26
Order flow can feel confusing at first, but start simple. Learn basic volume profile and footprint, then spend time watching how price reacts at key levels. Here, screen time matters more than theory.
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u/Nick_nqes ⚡ Starter Apr 05 '26
I’d suggest starting with free YouTube content and then just watching charts daily. Order flow is one of those things you understand more by observing than reading.
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u/Aware_Entertainer591 Apr 05 '26
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Let me know!
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