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Short-Term Order Book Playbook

Using walls, CVD, and a few guardrails to read short bursts safely.

Micro Range Play

Short-term setups rely on flexible ranges, so map out a couple of nearby walls and treat them as guardrails; the first wall that fails often becomes the pivot for the next stretch. Following the delta trend within that range tells you whether buyers or sellers are slowly building an advantage.

Rules and Risk

Keep a simple checklist: know your entry, watch for conflicting walls, and size down when volatility spikes after the daily candle closes. These rules help you avoid impulsive trades when the order book temporarily lies about the bigger picture.

Support zones form where bids stack up under price, and resistance zones appear where asks bunch above it, so those walls help define the next micro range. When one of those walls weakens, it signals the level is losing interest, so a short break often follows soon afterward.

Even if buyers are dominating the CVD, a nearby strong ask wall can still push price back down, so watch both the delta line and the opposing wall before assuming the move is locked in. That way you avoid getting fooled by a single data point.

The habit of refreshing the order book quickly helps you see whether the wall is holding or dissolving, and combining that with CVD turns the flow into a story of how traders choose to defend or abandon a level.

Beginners often overreact to a single spike, so take the time to compare the order book, the delta, and the recent price action before you make a decision. Patience keeps you from following every short-lived surge.

Whalytics keeps those perspectives together so you can practice reading short-term flow while staying calm.

This is not investment advice; it is simply a way to sharpen your process.