What does absorption look like on order flow?

Absorption is effort that does not get the result. Aggressive sellers dump into a thick bid. Sell prints get larger. Price does not break. Then it turns. Or aggressive buyers lift into a thick ask. Buy prints get larger. The wall holds. Then it fails and runs. Those are two different stories. The picture has to show the tape, not a slogan.

A useful absorption candle often has a long wick and a close back at the other end. Sellers or buyers got trapped. Wait for that close at the zone. Do not fade the dump in the middle of it.

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