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Date/Time: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 06:12:00 +0000
Post From: buying selling, shorting longing
| [2024-06-29 10:18:04] |
| User431178 - Posts: 541 |
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Ok, on a general basis, when someone takes a short does it appear on the ask or bid side? Repeating what John wrote above - There is not a way to know if a trade is the result of a long or short position. You cannot know whether the order action is to open a position or close an existing one. You cannot know whether someone 'taking a short' appears on the ask or bid side. Why? If I execute a sell market order, the trade appears on the bid side. If I execute a sell limit order, the trade (once filled) would appear on the ask side. In both cases I could be into a new short position, but the volume appears on different sides. The buys and sells you see in the profile are showing the aggressor side (market/stop), not the passive side. |