Curriculum

Learn to read order flow, one drill at a time.

Seven modules, from reading a single footprint bar to naming the pattern in a live replay — all on real historical market moments. Each lesson is scored; 70 passes it. Create a free account to save progress. Module 1 is free.

Module 1

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Volume & CVD foundations

1.1 · Volume is not one number

Every traded contract has an aggressor. Tag each bar by who pushed harder.

1.2 · Delta

Delta is buy volume minus sell volume. Read the split and call the sign before it reveals.

1.3 · CVD as a running story

Cumulative delta across bars. Did it confirm the price move, or diverge from it?

1.4 · Divergence

Price kept going, CVD stopped agreeing. Find the bars where that happened, if any.

Module 2

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Footprint anatomy

2.1 · Reading one footprint bar

Bid x ask at every price. Which level carried the most volume?

2.2 · Diagonal imbalance

Ask vs bid one tick below, 3:1 or more. Mark every imbalanced cell.

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2.3 · Stacked imbalances

Three or more imbalances in a row on one side. Is there a stack, and which side?

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Module 3

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Absorption & exhaustion

3.1 · Absorption

One side leaned hard and price did not go there. Find where it happened.

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3.2 · Exhaustion

Volume tapered as price pushed into the extreme.

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3.4 · Replay: what happens next

Watch the bars play. Call the last one before it shows.

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Module 4

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Volume profile context

4.1 · Where the POC sits

Upper, middle or lower third of the bar. Where the heaviest level sits says who was comfortable there.

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4.2 · Price vs value area

The prior hour's value area is drawn. At the end of the window, is price above, inside or below it?

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4.3 · POC migration

Did the point of control migrate up, down, or hold flat across the window?

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Module 5

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Delta in context

5.1 · Trapped traders

Strong delta one way, then the next bar closes through that bar's extreme. Find the bars whose aggressors got caught.

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5.2 · Delta flips

Find the bar where the run of delta changed sign and stayed changed.

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5.3 · Effort vs result

Big volume with no travel, or easy travel on little volume. Tag each bar.

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Module 6

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Synthesis

6.1 · Name the pattern

One of absorption, exhaustion, divergence, or none of them. Which is it?

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6.2 · Replay on 5-minute bars

Same drill, slower bars, more context in each ladder.

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6.3 · Session read

Sixteen 5-minute bars. Read the whole stretch before calling the last one.

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Module 7

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SMC on the footprint

7.1 · Sweep and reclaim

A bar takes out the prior extreme on aggressive delta, then closes back inside. Find those bars.

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7.2 · Displacement

The widest bar in the window. Did the delta actually back the move, or did price travel on thin aggression?

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7.3 · Level revisit

The heaviest level from the first half is drawn. When price came back to it, did it hold or break?

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Module 8

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Sequence reads (15-minute bars)

8.1 · Passive or aggressive?

Each bar is one of three things: absorption, initiation, or rest. Delta says who pushed; the candle says whether it worked.

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8.2 · Effort vs result on the candle

Adds the fourth role: failed effort. Same side hits harder than on the bar before, but the body stays under 40% of the range with a wick against the push.

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8.3 · Sequence read: shield, then sword

Find the absorption bar that was followed, within three bars, by an initiation in the opposite direction to the absorbed side.

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