Quote from fearless9:
Glad to be of help Johno.
ES is a streaming input of FIFO orders at the bid and at the ask.
They impact upon each other on the DOM causing price to move tic by tic.
More than 85% of the contracts are placed by less than 12% of the strikes which means that ES is driven by volume. ( 1 strike of 900 contracts will overwhelm 500 strikes of 1 contract at the same price) one strike = one order by the way.
Bring up a range chart of one tic value and plot the volume at the bid and at the ask alongside and slowly scroll through.
Look for overwhelming vol one way or another and look which way the price moves.
You are looking into the heart of ES.
Probably best to do this in the weekend or when things are quiet if you wish to retain your sanity.
regards
f9
That's why those PA purist will eventually adopt Volume Analysis...
usually when they grew beyond a one piker... they would realize there is an invisible force lurking in there... upsetting their PA theory at the most embarrassing moments...