Core Concepts
Order Flow Shift
A confirmed change in control between supply and demand
An order flow shift occurs when the balance of power between supply and demand definitively changes. It requires three confirmations: a zone failure creating a change of character (CHoCH), the new side's zone holding as a first level of respect, and the old side's last point of control failing. Without all three confirmations, an apparent shift may be a false signal or liquidity sweep.
✓How to Recognize
- •Dominant side's zone fails for the first time (CHoCH)
- •New side creates a zone that holds when tested (first level of respect)
- •Old side's last point of control fails
- •New structural range confirms in the new direction
⚡How to Avoid
- →Calling a shift after only a CHoCH without first level of respect
- →Ignoring when the first level of respect fails to hold
- →Trading the shift before the last point of control is broken
- →Confusing a liquidity sweep with a genuine order flow shift