this is a super nice trade I took a while back using this exact reasoning, which not only uses anchored vwap, but brings into play order flow and where the majority are sided.
hope you found value thank you for reading.
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for every buy there is a sell, but not every buy is a new long and not every sell is a new short.
short close = buy
long close = sell
open interest increases when both sides are opening.
open interest indicator:
when plotted as an indicator below price its particularly helpful for spotting:
> new traders becoming offside
> traders opening positions early
> positional squeezes
more importantly, when watching key areas, watching how open interest reacts as you probe certain levels, such as range highs/lows.
one of my favourites is watching new positions rapidly join in minor bounces as price is in free fall, you see them instantly regret this as momentum continues against them and are forced to close.
stop orders/triggers ā triggered at market and most of the time forced with someone being forced out the market (stopped out).
note - pattern/breakout traders in general can also use trigger orders to buy/sell the breakout.
footprint charts:
displays ONLY market orders.
most common setups is to see market sells on the left with market buys on the right ā bid-ask profile
I find footprints the best for spotting absorption or exhaustion in the markets as they display already transacted data.
i.e when you see lots of sell orders at the same price level without price able to budge it is sufficient evidence to say limits are holding up price.
footprints do not have to be shown on time based charts only either, they are extremely useful when monitoring volume charts, delta charts or range bars, in particular on lower time frame equivalents.
tldr: footprints show a record of already transacted orders, unlike heatmaps displaying resting orders, which have the ability to be pulled/added to.
the naming is meaningless, the core fundamental behind it is that there is a piece of price which price moved quickly through (one candle), relative to the time frame you look at.
first touches:
when price initially revisits this void it can act as a level where:
1. stops are triggered 2. traders attempt to trader for the fill (anticipate a move)
the edge then comes from being able to spot these traders at this initial touch and fade them.