Order Flow on a Thinner ES – Review of a Reversal

Published on: September 30, 2015

This video was sent to me by a customer that is new to the tools. It shows some of the action from the 25th September. At this point the eMini S&P500 Futures has been extremely thin and volatile and that does somewhat change the way you read the order flow.

Primarily, you are looking for Order Flow events over a series of prices but also – with the larger range, you can wait for more confirmation as the swings are so large, it doesn’t matter of you get in 5 or 6 ticks later IF you can get on the side of momentum.

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