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Order flow basics: the beginner course

From the order book to your first trade, illustrated on DeepCharts and DeepDom

The course to start order flow on futures, with no prerequisites: the futures contract, the tick and the trading day in Paris time, the order book and the mechanics of price, the DOM and the time & sales, volume, delta and CVD, the Deep Prints footprint, the volume profile and VWAP, the DeepDom heatmap and large orders, the four behaviors to recognize (absorption, exhaustion, iceberg, stop run) and the genuine breakout, three learning setups with their cards, risk, prop firms, psychology, then the workstation, the routine, replay, the journal and a ninety-day progression plan. Every notion is illustrated on DeepCharts and DeepDom captures.

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What you will be able to do

  • 01Read an order book, a DOM and a time & sales, and tell who is waiting and who is acting
  • 02Compute and interpret volume, delta and CVD, and read a footprint cell by cell
  • 03Locate value with the volume profile and VWAP, and read the walls of the DeepDom heatmap
  • 04Recognize absorption, exhaustion, the iceberg, the stop run and the genuine breakout
  • 05Build a trade from the level to the trigger, with a stop, a target and a size worked out in advance

Who it is for

For anyone starting order flow from scratch: no experience of the footprint, the DOM or the heatmap is needed, and the basics of futures are explained at the start. A platform in simulation is enough to follow the course; the captures come from DeepCharts and DeepDom, but the notions apply on any serious platform.

Syllabus

Module 01

1 · Getting started

01Welcome: what you will learn, and howFree preview6 min02Order flow on one pageFree preview8 min03What the candlestick chart does not showStudents only7 min04Quiz: the foundationsStudents only4 min
Module 02

2 · The terrain: futures and their trading day

05A futures contract, simplyStudents only8 min06Tick, point, dollar: counting like a futures traderStudents only8 min07The trading day, Paris timeStudents only9 min08Who is on the other side: the market participantsStudents only8 min09The data: level 1, level 2 and MBOStudents only8 min10Quiz: the terrainStudents only5 min
Module 03

3 · The order book and the mechanics of price

11The order book: bid, ask, spreadStudents only8 min12Order types: limit, market, stopStudents only9 min13How price really movesStudents only9 min14The queue: FIFO and priorityStudents only7 min15Stops: the hidden fuel of the marketStudents only8 min16Quiz: the order book and the mechanicsStudents only5 min
Module 04

4 · The DOM and the time & sales

17Reading the DOM: the live price ladderStudents only8 min18The DeepDom workstation, zone by zoneStudents only10 min19The time & sales: the tape of executionsStudents only8 min20What the DOM does not tell you: pulled orders, decoys and hidden ordersStudents only8 min21Quiz: the DOM and the tapeStudents only5 min
Module 05

5 · Volume and delta

22Volume: how much, and who took the initiativeStudents only8 min23Delta: measuring the tug of warStudents only9 min24CVD: cumulative delta and divergencesStudents only8 min25The delta trapsStudents only8 min26Quiz: volume and deltaStudents only5 min
Module 06

6 · The footprint

27The footprint: an X-ray of a candleStudents only9 min28Reading a cell, a row, a candleStudents only9 min29Imbalances and how they stackStudents only8 min30Footprint modes and the DeepChart workspaceStudents only8 min31Candle extremes: finished and unfinished auctionsStudents only7 min32Quiz: the footprintStudents only5 min
Module 07

7 · The volume profile and VWAP

33The volume profile: where the market did businessStudents only9 min34Profile shapes and day typesStudents only7 min35VWAP and its bands: the institutions' average priceStudents only8 min36Quiz: the profile and VWAPStudents only5 min
Module 08

8 · The heatmap and large orders

37The heatmap: the order book's memoryStudents only9 min38Qualifying a wall: size, age, behaviorStudents only9 min39Execution bubbles: seeing aggression on the heatmapStudents only8 min40Large orders: Big Trades and Deep TradesStudents only8 min41Quiz: the heatmap and large ordersStudents only5 min
Module 09

9 · The four behaviors to recognize

42Absorption: the wall that takes the hitsStudents only10 min43Exhaustion: when the aggression dies outStudents only8 min44The iceberg: large size in hidingStudents only8 min45The stop run: hunting the stopsStudents only9 min46The real breakout: a live sequence from start to finishStudents only10 min47Quiz: the four behaviorsStudents only6 min
Module 10

10 · Building a trade

48The method: from level to triggerStudents only10 min49Setup 1: the rejection on absorptionStudents only9 min50Setup 2: continuation on a pullbackStudents only9 min51Setup 3: the return after a stop runStudents only8 min52Placing the stop and the targetStudents only9 min53Quiz: building a tradeStudents only6 min
Module 11

11 · Risk and psychology

54Position size: the rule that keeps you aliveStudents only9 min55Expectancy: winning often or winning bigStudents only8 min56Prop firms: trading someone else's capitalStudents only8 min57Psychology: the beginner's mistakesStudents only9 min58Quiz: risk and psychologyStudents only6 min
Module 12

12 · Your routine and your progression

59Setting up your DeepCharts and DeepDom workstationStudents only9 min60The session routine: before, during, afterStudents only9 min61Training without risk: replay and simulationStudents only8 min62The trading journalStudents only8 min63Your ninety day progression planStudents only8 min64The beginner's glossaryStudents only6 min65Final examStudents only12 min
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