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Investment
Order Book
A real-time list of all buy and sell orders waiting to be executed at different prices.
The order book shows supply and demand depth. Large walls of orders can act as support or resistance. Day traders and scalpers watch the order book closely to predict short-term price moves.
It's the live queue of everyone shouting their bids and offers at the market right now.
Real world: On a crypto exchange or Level 2 stock data you can see the order book — how many shares are bid at £100, £99.90, etc., and how many are offered at £100.10, £100.20, etc.
💡 The order book is the closest thing to seeing what the market is thinking right now.