When talking to day traders, they often mention that they primarily rely on reading the order book (market depth) to make profits in the stock market. They observe the thickness of buy and sell orders after executions and assume that the price will move in the direction of the thicker side. However, it's also common for the price to move in the opposite direction, even after placing orders based on this strategy. It's challenging to figure out how to interpret signs of price fluctuations from the order book to anticipate upward or downward movement accurately. Furthermore, although today I learned that trading based on the order book information from Japanese brokerage firm SBI Securities might yield different results compared to trading CFDs with IG Securities due to potential disparities in timing. Relying solely on order book information for day trading seems impractical. By the way, despite the US 10-year Treasury yield surpassing 4.3% and increasing, the S&P 500 index ...
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