A trader argues that order flow analysis gives discretionary traders an edge in markets still driven by human decision-making. Even small improvements in win rate or risk-reward multiply into real monthly profit gains. Algorithms now drive 90% of market activity, but understanding order flow remains essential for traders who read the market directly.
When you are trading, your mind as an order flow trader says, okay, price action is nice, but let's see what is happening in the level you want to see it. And then I think it's not convenient nowadays to not use order flow for one simple reason. We are edge seekers as traders. Every 5% more win rate brings us more money at the end of the month. Every 1R, 2R, 3R more at the end of the month is more money for us. So why not using all the information available? I've been in trading floor. I seen how they trade and institutional traders. Considering that 90% is algo trading nowadays. But the discretionary traders for alternative markets, they use order flow because they want to see what they are doing.
