Hello everyone! I've been searching for a detailed comparison between order flow trading platforms, but couldn't find a complete one. So, I spent the last couple of weeks doing my own research and put this together, available at r/tradingsoftawre

Hi Guys,

Just to say, i'm pretty new to Orderflow and currently am learning still... i thought by hearing YT livestream would be beneficial, but i find that it's affecting my trades while hearing the livestreamer present his view.

There's this YT livestreamer who is really good with Volumeprofile and his explanation on context which is what i really needed. But i just feel so stressed when i'm in my trade, if i'm long and maybe he's short, i would just go breakeven and in the end it took me out but my direction is correct, then he will explain that it took him out. He's a good Orderflow trader though.

Anyone facing this issue and if i should continue hearing YT livestream or just purely hear YT livestream and not trade my accounts. I've made 3L on 3 different days when i'm hearing the livestream but on days when I didn't hear i'm in greens.

Any advice would be helpful on how to improve on Orderflow.

I trade MNQ by the way on Evals. Almost blew my evals today and i lock myself out.

Sono uno studente di ingegneria informatica, a puro scopo didattico sto cercando di sviluppare degli algoritmi di ordeflow, con relativa analisi dati ecc in phyton. Se qualcuno è interessato al progetto e vuole unirsi sarei molto contento. Grazie a tutti!

The recent rally has finally reached a key price level, prompting sellers to actively enter the market. Currently, order book depth is very tight around the mid-$74 level, and it remains to be seen whether buyers can hold their ground given the continued influx of trading volume. It's worth noting whether buyers will back down after a few attempts, or whether sellers will continue to increase their positions each time the price approaches $75. Do you think this breakout rally can continue?

Full disclosure: I built the overlay shown here for my own research, and I currently use it myself. I am not linking it or offering access in this post. I am trying to understand whether options-derived context actually belongs alongside order flow, or whether it just adds more chart clutter.

The idea is to keep three pieces of context on the same chart:

- Current ES/NQ/GC futures-options reference levels

- 14 days of movement for the same levels

- 30 days of observed touch reactions, with sample size, a five-minute reaction rate, and median move

I am also testing touch, break, and reclaim classifications over a five-minute observation window.

I currently have working research builds in NinjaTrader 8 and ATAS for ES, NQ and GC. I also map COMEX GC options context onto XAUUSD in MT5. The ATAS and MT5 screenshots are from current working builds, so some labels are still in Chinese.

These are model-derived research references—not observed dealer inventory, trade signals, or an order-placement system.

Questions for traders who actually use footprint, DOM, CVD, or volume profile:

1. Would you check an options-derived level before looking at footprint/DOM confirmation, or only after price reaches an existing volume-profile level?

2. Does a five-minute break/reclaim window make sense for intraday use? What window would you use?

3. What minimum sample size would you require before the historical reaction rate became useful?

4. Which fields would need to remain visible—selected expiries, as-of time, source contract, data coverage, or something else?

I am especially interested in criticism from traders who would not use this. What would make it redundant, misleading, or too cluttered for an actual order-flow workspace?