🧠 FLOW READING: WHAT REALLY MOVES THE PRICE (AND HOW TO IDENTIFY IT)

📊 A practical explanation for those who want to elevate their trading skills.

If you've already noticed that just looking at candles isn't enough, you're already one step ahead.

Flow reading (order flow) is the clearest way to see the market's real intention, even before the candles form what everyone sees.

Today, I will show you the essentials — simple, direct, and powerful.

🔥 1. WHAT IS FLOW READING?

It is the study of who is buying, who is selling, and with what intensity.

Instead of just looking at the price, you observe:

• Traded volume

• Order book

• Buy and sell aggressions

• Absorptions

• Exhaustion

• Liquidity regions

Flow shows what the price does not say.

⚔️ 2. WHY DOES THE PRICE GO UP OR DOWN?

Because there is a dominant force:

✔️ BUYING DOMINANCE

Many market buyers hitting the offer → price goes up.

✔️ SELLING DOMINANCE

Many sellers hitting the bid → price goes down.

📌 3. THE 4 MOST IMPORTANT FLOW SIGNALS

🔹 3.1. Absorption

When the price tries to go up or down, but someone "holds" the blow by placing large hidden orders.

Example:

BTC hits the same price 5 times and doesn't break through → someone is absorbing.

👉 This indicates a reversal or institutional defense.

🔹 3.2. Aggression

Strong volume entering the market.

If many large orders come in buying → uptrend.

If they come in selling → downtrend.

👉 Aggression = real intention.

🔹 3.3. Exhaustion

When the price reaches a point with high volume but without continuity.

Example:

BTC tries to break the top, uses a lot of volume and doesn't progress → tends to retreat.

👉 Exhaustion shows that the movement is losing strength.

🔹 3.4. Liquidity

These are regions where there are:

• Stops

• Hanging orders

• Profit taking

The market loves these zones because that’s where it "collects" money.

👉 The price goes where there is liquidity, not where there is opinion.